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What a TV series taught me about Life, Death & Everything In-between
7 min readApr 26, 2024
The original story writer Jeff Lieber, and co-writer/director JJ Abrams were saddled with an almost impossible task — to turn their story idea of a plane crash on a deserted island into a series pilot in just 11 weeks.
ABRAMS: On the Saturday morning, we got a call. They were greenlighting a two-hour pilot. We had…