I don’t recall exactly the expression he used at the time, but when Alexander first dropped hints of the plot developments in episode four it was in the form of grinned warnings: the story was taking a dire turn, and it wasn’t gonna be easy. I don’t even remember how long ago it was that these first bits of conversation came around, but already by January of 2009, when episode two was just halfway through production, the schedule was cognizant of the episode four “protest shoot” which would require the full resources of the entire Night Zero family. Looking back through conversations and emails, hardly a meeting goes by without a drop-in reminder of our upcoming challenge. As a writer, Alexander is entitled to be protective of his unfinished works and usually preferred to have complete drafts before sharing them, but in this situation we had numerous conversations over the first half of the year, well before the script was in full draft, to enable the pre-production work to incubate.
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