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how an agreement would affect their visions of tomorrow. Writers had a pretty good idea of where they wanted to go because movies in theaters had just about plateaued even with tentpoles and superheroes. Pay TV airings weren’t a promising option but feeding their global streaming services offered an…opportunity. Netflix showed the newbies that instead of the typical 22 episodic season they could be more flexible with eight to 10 weeks and add/remove shows based on subscription addition/retention. The five months had cost LA, California, the US and the studios/streamers an estimated $5B so the bosses laid out their best and final offer. Then they sat down with the writers to talk details regarding recurring and emerging streaming issues including mini-room sizes, performance compensation (including greater transparency on audience data) and residuals as well as “minor issues” like healthcare contributions. Of course, the “understood” and legal discussions surrounding AI guardrails took the longest time to hammer out because…well because. But it’s an agreement that studio/streamer heads and WGA folks will be able to say to their shareholders and members it was…fair. Even though international writers, actors, production teams benefited from the shutdown – a