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The Drama of Fidelity
When Fidelity goes up against drama, is it drama wins out every time? Excellent question. Jesse does want it to be as realistic as possible. There were times when I go into the writers' room and say, look, we've been thinking about this idea. Is this something that's absolutely impossible? Or is there a scenario where it might just be possible? And if I said impossible, then he wouldn't do it. Then sometimes he would serve, he would, he would do it for dramatic reasons.
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