I'm under the radar and working on a project that fits what you're talking about - a TV series actually - but have scant idea where to go for funding. Any suggestions?

Russ,This was really good. I'm e-mailing it to my screenwriting friends. I wonder, could you address how these boxes might apply to TV shows? Presumably some boxes would remain in place during the entire life of a show, and some boxes would be specific only to a particular episode, or group of episodes, depending on the kind of show.I'm still hoping "Global Village Idiot" will find a home somewhere!!

Great article. Only one issue I have with it. Gary, if you're a Christian, then you were chosen.

I'm betting that the two guys on the beach in the opening scene of the season finale are the two angels (cherubim) who were supposed to guard the entrance to the Garden of Eden (the island). One of them, Jacob, has broken the rules by admitting humans back into the Garden. The other wants to kill him because of it. Richard Alpert, he who never ages, probably ate fruit from the Tree of Life, which we'll find out grows somewhere on the island.