writers' room. Most of the time, the director spends the entire day on

the stage, working with the actors. At some point, he calls the writers

to the stage to watch a run-through of the script, and after that the

writers go back to the room and complain about the run-through, make

filthy jokes, complain about other shows on TV, attack and undermine

each other personally, order dinner, then settle in to do the re-write...