I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, … - Mitchell Hurwitz

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Mitchell Hurwitz

I don't know how that budget would have been worked out, but that was the initial idea. Obviously, we couldn't have had a show with nine expensive actors in it. It was very nice that they were even interested in doing that. But, I was so proud of what we'd done that I couldn't think of a compelling reason to do a lesser version of it.

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We mapped out the whole movie, and then worked backwards from that to do these shows. It might not be a movie. It might be something else.

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There are elements of that, where you'll see a scene again and you'll recognize it, but I wouldn't say it's got one conceit like that, at all. It definitely has those jokes, but it would be wrong to say this is a show where, every time you see it, you see a new angle.

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We figured the interesting question for them is, "Where has the family been since 2006, since the last time we saw them?" So, part of the time, we had to spend answering that question. Then, inevitably, it goes up to a point of crisis, in everyone's show. There was just no getting around that it was about 2006-2012.

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The form came out of the function because it is for the audience that already knows the show, while hoping to get a new audience, too.

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First 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.

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