Packet N: Tossup 16

This person clashed with director Peter Berg after being brought on to the film Hancock for several rewrites of the original concept. (-5[1])This person got a job writing for showrunner (-5[1])Chris Carter after submitting a fan-script about a killer shadow that became (10[1])the episode (10[2])“Soft Light.” A show created by this person includes a cameo (10[1])of John Cena (10[1])explaining (10[1])human-derived (10[1])protein. (10[5])A show created (10[2])by Peter Gould and this person (10[2])has several black-and-white (10[2])flashforward sequences (10[3])set (10[1])at a Cinnabon (10[1])in Omaha. (10[3]-5[1])A show created (10[3])by (10[1])this person (10[1])stars (10[1])Rhea Seehorn (10[2])(“RAY SEE-horn”) as a writer of romantasy novels. (10[1])The last season of a show created by this person (10[1])included the acclaimed episode “Ozymandias” and concluded (10[1])with a scene set to the song “Baby Blue.” For 10 points, name this creator of the Albuquerque-set shows Pluribus, Better Call Saul, and Breaking Bad. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Vince Gilligan [or George Vincent Gilligan Jr.]
<Simon Fraser, Pop Culture> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Aryan DesarapuMichigan BMichigan C21-5
Jake WingfieldBristolImperial C29-5
Jaskaran SinghUCLA BUCLA A4110
Milan FernandezBrockWaterloo A4310
Paige CrawleyOxford BImperial A4310
Raymond ChenToronto BWestern B5410
Stefan VladOttawaToronto C5710
Max NealHarvard BDartmouth B5810
Michael DurrantOhio State COhio State B5910
Ethan RirieUCSD CArizona State6010
Noah LeeWestern AMcMaster A6010
Jack Trott-McDermottWestern CGuelph6010
Hiten UmarnaniImperial CBristol6010
Eli YoungVassarCatholic6010
Joshua KochMichigan APittsburgh6310
Robert WangColumbia AJohns Hopkins B6310
Alex BellonUCSD AUCSD B6910
Carter PisockyMichigan CMichigan B6910
Sean GaoToronto EToronto Metropolitan7210
Jack GranahanBrandeis BSouthern Connecticut State7210
Rayton LinWaterloo BUBC A7410
Patrick TorreMaryland AJohn Jay7410
Kelvin NiNYU BRutgers B7410
Wyatt JohnsonCWRU BCWRU A7510
Owen SteeleSwarthmoreJohns Hopkins A7810
Sriram SusarlaUBC BMcMaster B8010
Jack FeinbergBrandeis ABowdoin A80-5
Jacob PriceCambridge BDurham8010
Asher LyonsMaryland CNYU A8010
Nabhaan FarooqiMcGill AToronto D8310
Lovel HearnEdinburgh BCambridge C8310
Pranay MalhotraNYU CColumbia C8310
Calvin BostlemanOhio State AMichigan State8410
Elliot CosnettOxford ALSE8610
Daniel KimMaryland BRutgers A8710
Audrey EvansDartmouth ABowdoin B8910
Luke RobitailleMITHarvard A8910
Alan HughesUCLCity St. George's9510
Brook IssayasUC IrvineUC Santa Barbara10510
Charlotte BauerMcGill BToronto F11210
Ian TheysmeyerQueen'sToronto G13910
Neiman MocombeBowdoin ABrandeis A1390

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site4100%0%68.75
CanadaMain Site11100%0%75.82
Great LakesMain Site5100%20%70.00
NortheastMain Site580%20%77.00
UKMain Site6100%17%74.50
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%74.88