Round 8: Tossup 16

This person clashed with director Peter Berg after being brought on to the film Hancock for several rewrites of the original concept. This person got a job writing for showrunner Chris Carter after submitting a fan-script about a killer shadow that became the episode (10[1])“Soft Light.” A show created by this person includes a cameo (10[1])of John Cena (10[1])explaining human-derived protein. (10[2])A show created by Peter Gould and this person has several black-and-white (10[1])flashforward sequences (10[1])set at a Cinnabon in Omaha. (10[1])A show created (10[1])by this person stars Rhea Seehorn (“RAY SEE-horn”) as a writer of romantasy novels. The last season of a show created by this person 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])

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