Hey, this is John. Today's episode has even a little bit more swearing than usual, so standard

warning about that. Hello and welcome. My name is John August, and you're listening to

Script Notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the show,

how do you plan for a multi-season TV series, and how do you wrap it up at the end? Our guest today

is the creator and showrunner

of shows such as Supernatural, Revolution, Timeless, Gen V, and of course The Boys, which is back

for its final season. Welcome, Eric Kripke. Hey, thanks, Sean. Thrill to be here. Now, the fourth season

of the boys premiered last June, but you are now working on the fifth and final season, so I want to talk to you about that, but I'd also love to get more granular on the process of developing a show,

breaking scripts and seasons.

We also have listener questions on bottle episodes

and using the conventions of comic books.

And in our bonus segment for premium members,

let's talk about blood,

because you use an astonishing amount of blood on the boys in Gen V.

I'd love to discuss what you've learned about blood on the page and blood in practice. Amazing. I'm in for all of that.

So before we get into the details on how shows work on the inside, can we talk a little bit about

your background here? Because how early in your development did you know that you wanted to do television versus features?

What's the backstory? Pitch us Eric Kripke.

I was raised in Toledo, Ohio.

I was one of those kids.

I think it was E.T. in 83.

I was nine.

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