I learned that there are times when you have to let the frenzy come out of the scene itself. I was asked back for the season a couple years later, and was able to work to a better understanding of that lesson. Large groups of people see what we do. Also, the way I work, I do an enormous amount of learning. I memorize most of the footage, so I'm learning all sorts of new material every month.
Every episode is a new story, new characters.
Even though the central characters are constant, they're doing new things, new scenes, evolving as these complex, multi-faceted people. Even if it's the same emotional beat that you've seen them do before, it's still different. It's always different. Since August of 2000, the beginning of the second season. The director changes with every episode.