Flashes of design sprint[1] came to mind as I read this. The idea of planning a season, or more, before filming makes sense to me, especially as more shows bec

Flashes of design sprint[1] came to mind as I read this. The idea of planning a season, or more, before filming makes sense to me, especially as more shows become serialized. "Westworld" would not have worked if the writers did not have at least the first two seasons planned out. The same goes for "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul", although I'm not sure to what extent Vince Gilligan planned out the five seasons of BB or has planned the five seasons of BCS (a prequel to BB, by the way). [1] http://www.gv.com/sprint/ http://www.gv.com/sprint/