Written on 7/2/15

-Well, after looking at the retrospective for season two...yeah.

-The one thing I regret about season three was that I was unable to reach my goal of 26 episodes. I have no idea how I was able to do 28 episodes in season two. I think that will remain the longest season for a while. I mean, you could also factor in two-parters, but there was only one that season. Very strange.

-I can go into this in length now, so I want to mention The Simpsons for being a major influence in season three. That show is very special to me now beyond just the episodes. It has had a huge impact on pop culture and it feels like you find out a new story every day about the writing team or how much time they spent perfecting a joke or how much work was put into animating scenes in the classic era. If there was one show that every adult cartoon should try to emulate, it is definitely the first eight (or nine) seasons of The Simpsons.

-I feel like Thank You, Heavenly improves year after year. Season three is now my favorite season. This season was definitely the most risky but I felt good for taking the risks. I mean, "The Life and Times of Diana Katanova" felt pretty disturbing to me while writing it but I loved writing it regardless. As a Halloween episode but still part of the show's canon, it worked for me. That was probably the most emotional episode of the season and a little taste of doing a Thank You, Heavenly movie.

-I think this is the season where Thank You, Heavenly has finally settled into a groove and is hitting its high point. The kind of high point that can carry it for a couple of seasons. The tone of the show no longer needs to undergo a big change. The most important thing now is just maintaining consistency.

-My favorite episode this season is still "The Field Day from Hell," but "Thank You for Being an Enemy" comes in at a close second. It felt so different from how I usually write episodes while still being Thank You, Heavenly at the end of the day. It was really fun to work on and I would have no problem doing a sequel. Actually, I have an episode coming up next season that is like a response to "The Field Day from Hell" but definitely not a straight up sequel.

-The hardest episode to write all season was "The Seattle Cycle." It felt like the kind of episode that I would normally give up on because I just could not take it anymore, but I had to see it through to the end. It turned out well. I was seriously going to do an entire episode centered around the Apathy Coalition, but there is always a next season.

-I said that season two did not have as many guest stars as season one, or at least it felt that way. Now, it really feels like the guest stars were reduced. At this point, if someone is going to make an appearance on the show, I definitely want them to play an important or interesting role. There is no use in wasting perfectly good talent.

-I really wonder what scrapped season three episodes will make season four, or any at all. I usually tend to just throw the episode away and pretend I never worked on it, but some of them have actual potential. There is one episode that I came up with all the way in season one that I am finally doing next season. When it comes, I will let you know.

-Amazing how I avoided doing a Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Super Bowl episode all in one season. At least one of those will be back next season, most likely the Christmas one, but as long as I have a good plot, I will run with it.

-"Imperfect Friends" was an interesting episode to me. I mean, before that, I was never really keen on devoting episodes to anybody outside the main cast unless it was KG or Anja, probably even Halley, but now, I actually feel confident about doing more of those. Plus, Ashley and Sanna make a good team as long as they can play off of somebody or something.

-The sequel to "My Weekend with the CimFam" was pretty close to happening this season but it just missed the cut. I always end up being wrong about where Cimorelli will be at this point. I feel like they are just fine releasing EPs and doing concerts nationwide and worldwide. They may not be as famous as Taylor Swift or even Fifth Harmony, but right now, they really do not need to be or want to be. I expect them to still be doing things their way next year. Their YouTube fame works for them so I am down with that.

-Well, nothing else to really say at this point. Thank you for being along for the ride for the third season of Thank You, Heavenly. I guess we can put this one in the books. It was a bumpy ride, but the road was conquered. So long and see you on September 27! :)

Thank You, Heavenly Season 3

September 28, 2014 - July 1, 2015

21 episodes

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GUEST STARS:

-Metallica (James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, and Robert Trujillo)

-Bad News Barrett

-Tara Strong

-Peter Shin

-Tony Sirico

-Thomas W. Lynch

-Ken Lipman

-The Mysterious Mr. Enter

-Divide the Day (Joseph Nichy, Adrian Maude, Brian Dropkin, and Billy Haig)

-Damon Wayans

-Jennessa Bryson

-Gabrielle Union

-Kira Kosarin

-James Brown

-Wesley Mann

-Michael Cole

-John "Bradshaw" Layfield

-Jerry "The King" Lawler

-Justin Roberts

-Jim Ross

-Adriana G.

-Billy West

-Anna Revia-Khocholava

-DJ Vlad

-Charlamagne tha God

-Duncan Brannan

-William Daniels

-Al Michaels

-Cris Collinsworth

-Michele Tafoya

-John Witherspoon

-Sabrina Carpenter

-Rowan Blanchard