Hey, so I’ve been on Wikipedia and found the list of writers for part 4. So it seems they put 4 new writers who have never written an episode of CAOS before. I don’t know how screenwriting works, so I’m just here to expose the facts.
I observed:
- Part 1: 5 episodes co-written (CH6/8/9/10/11)
- Part 2: 2 episodes co-written (CH13/18)
- Part 3: 1 episode co-written (CH28)
- Part 4: 3 episodes co-written (CH29/34/35)
As for part 4:
- The episodes written by a single screenwriter are with new people.
- The second part of the season is co-written by screenwriters who are here from part 1 (responsible for the good and the bad episodes unfortunately).
- Ep4 is written by a screenwriter who didn’t write for part 3 (and co-wrote Chapter 8, just saying... but she also co-wrote Chapter 18, so stepford-Zelda). So there’s a lot to be expecting for this episode.
- I also remarked that part 1 to 3 had paired almost only writers of the same sex. With the exception of 2 on 8 episodes over the 3 parts. These 2 episodes are in part 1 (CH6/9). Part 4 has teams of mixed screenwriters every time.
- Part 4 new writers are women, 2 worked for supernatural/fantastic tv series before (IMBD). I couldn’t get info on Eleanor Jean. Also only women apart from RAS are lonely writers in this part. For comparison: the episodes written by at least one woman are 6 for pt1; 4 for pt2; and 3 for pt3 (note there are 2 episodes less in part 3, which represents a bit less percentage of episodes written by a woman than for pt2). So for part 4, about 90% of the season is written by at least one female screenwriter. That’s a big change. I wonder what made them change radically from 40/50% to 90%. Part 1 had a good ratio already, but this season will be something new.
Now we wait.