Welcome to what will be an informal, ongoing, live-tweet series hosted by me, and perhaps others, where we watch the pilot episode of a TV series, miniseries, anthology series or any kind of serial content, and study its structure, characters, themes and anything related to the creation of the show from a writing and directorial point of view. As many of you know I’m neck deep in the creation of a few TV series in various stages of development and finalizing my own independent production company with the resources to bring things to life, so I am inviting anyone with an interest in creating serial content to join me on my journey. I’m not trying to teach anything, or instruct anyone. I’m a student in this form that very few master.
We will be using the hashtag: #TVstudyhall. I liked study hall. It allowed me to get work done that I was too busy screwing around to do before. After the live tweet I encourage a more thorough discussion in the comments here on the blog. I please ask everyone be respectful of other people’s opinions and to ask questions before making declarations. We will attempt to do this twice a month. Our next live tweet will be True Detective S1 Ep1 at a date TBD. We will try to alternate Saturday afternoons with Thursday evenings. If you would like the scripts to the pilots please email me at kevintmorales at mac dotty com. If you can’t make the live tweet, watch on your own time then check the blog to continue the discussion.
STARTING AT 6pm EASTERN. See you on the other side!
Kevin T. Morales 
That went by so fast! If you had a chance to read the pilot, and if you’ve watched the series, you see the Duffers actually took some action out of pilot and extended it to next episode. This strikes me as an advantage to knowing you are making an entire season and dropping it all at once. Series has more patience than the script.
Just an FYI, the Duffer’s student film “Eater” is on vimeo (https://vimeo.com/11414039).
Hello, everyone. As I am in the process of writing my own pilot, there is one thing in particular I am searching for as I watch existing pilots: What are the A, B and C stories, how are they initiated and to what extent are they set up in the pilot? Although I have seen the entire series, I watched the pilot again today trying, as best I could, to ignore the fact that I know how it plays out. With that in mind, it appears all story lines emerging are tied to the search for Will. I’m guessing the obvious choice for story A is Joyce, Will’s mother. What will she endure and how will she change are what I’m most interested in as a viewer because we know Will is not showing up any time soon. Jim, the Sheriff, shows up early enough and we get a sense of what his life is like to make me think he is B. He is going to have to come around and deal with his issues if he wants to be a factor in finding Will. The third one is a little trickier for me. I’m going to guess C is the boys as a group. They have the intelligence and curiosity (not to mention Will is their friend) to handle their role in peeling apart the mystery that greets them. I welcome any feedback and comments regarding this angle of breaking down a pilot. Please set me straight, if necessary as I am trying to learn.