There were a couple times when we started working out the stories - and I was doing this with Jim Vallely and our friend Dean Lorey, who was on the show originally - and we were working on a movie. There would be some fan fiction things that would scoop us. It happened a couple times, where I thought, "Well, we can't do that!"
Mitchell HurwitzThe people that always impress me are the ones that are curious about what they're going to do next.
Mitchell HurwitzFirst of all, there is absolutely an order that we have put together to create the maximum number of surprises, but that's just part of our storytelling.
Mitchell HurwitzIt's very easy I think when you're a creative person to wait for the right thing and to start getting self-conscious about how you are going to express what you do and what's special about you. I would say in general, a lot of times the answer is that you just dive into something and you find your own voice through that process.
Mitchell HurwitzWhat you'll gain is the macro story. You'll get a good command of that. And what you might lose is some of the fun of it.
Mitchell HurwitzNetflix will know everything. Netflix will know when a person stops watching it. They have all of their algorithms and will know that this person watched five minutes of a show and then stopped. They can tell by the behavior and the time of day that they are going to come back to it, based on their history.
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