I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

Series finales have that responsibility to leave you feeling good about entire series. You want to feel like the viewer closes the book satisfied. And if you strike out on the finale it skews how you feel about the entire series.

I've always read a lot of historical books and I'm a big fan of documentaries, and I've always thought of ways to do it.

I don't want my writing to be recognized.

You can make a good show, but you still need some magical alchemy to get people to watch.

I would say on a creative level I put a lot of pressure on myself.

The worst thing you can do is end up with a network show on cable or end up with a cable show on network.