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Staff writer/producer and novelist Attica Locke talks about her work on the show (starting around 20 mins in). Says their main feedback has been "slow the [!@#$%^&*] down". Also mentions FOX preemptively cut their Season 1 episode order by one early on due to scheduling, pre-success. (This interview was conducted before the 18-episode announcement.)

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Soooo happy they were told to slow the !@#$%^&*] down. LMAO. You can be quick but not THAT fast. LOL. They went lightspeed through so many things that could have taken episodes or seasons to play out. I get it, they had no idea they would be a monster hit and stick around but still ...

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