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Perry Chafe

Perry Chafe

Television writer

Oct 15, 2026

The Signal

The Signal

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Oct 15 · 55m

14:26
Yeah.
14:28
Oh, sorry.
14:28
Sure, go ahead.
14:30
Just to echo what Stephen was saying, yeah, it's a bit of both, you know.
14:35
It needs to be on the page.
14:38
Of course, that's what we were trying to do to make sure that if it's not on the page, a lot of times it'll just get lost.
14:44
But also, it can come out unsaid.

27 MINS LATER

42:06
And I'm wondering, was there that sort of division between one form of labor and the other in putting the show together? And in some cases, did you write episodes that came out somewhat different than you might have envisioned them? Did anything like that become part of the creative process?
10:59
I
10:59
mean, absolutely.
11:00
Anytime you can root it in family and community and those themes we talked about, it's universal, isn't it? I mean, and that's the struggle.
11:09
And family is so important.
11:11
And that's what we're seeing here play out in the town of Snooks Arm.
11:16
And I think Jesse, who created the show, I mean, that was always his goal.
11:19
to set it.
13:34
What do you hope happens now, other than people watch it, which is always essential, and that hopefully that will involve more work being done in Newfoundland? What do you hope happens from here, Perry?

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