Brent V . Friedman Brent V . Friedman ( born ) is a writer , producer , and video game developer who worked on the third season of in . He was Consulting Producer on the first half of the season and co - wrote with Chris Black the teleplay and with Paul Brown the story for the episode . He also teamed with Black to pen the episode . Among Friedman ' s early writing credits in the film industry are the horror film " Evil Altar " ( 1988 , with David Winburn ) , the comedy " Hollywood Hot Tubs 2 : Educating Crystal " ( 1990 , with Michael Pataki , Spice Williams , and Shawn Crowder ) , the science fiction / horror film " Syngenor " ( 1990 , with Charles Lucia , Melanie Shatner , Tim Trella , and Merritt Yohnka ) , the horror film " The Resurrected " ( 1991 , with Chris Sarandon and Deep Roy ) , the science fiction film " American Cyborg : Steel Warrior " ( 1993 ) , the horror film " Ticks " ( 1993 , with Rosalind Allen , Barry Lynch , and Clint Howard ) , and the horror film " Necronomicon " ( 1993 , with Jeffrey Combs , Richard Lynch , David Warner , Dennis Christopher , and Gary Graham ) . Further writing credits include the action film " Hellbound " ( 1994 , with Christopher Neame ) , the family movies " Pet Shop " ( 1994 ) , " Prehysteria ! 2 " ( 1994 , with Larry Hankin ) , " Prehysteria ! 3 " ( 1995 , with Peter Dennis ) , and " Magic Island " ( 1995 , with Schae Harrison ) , the crime drama " Exit " ( 1996 ) , and the video game adaptation " Mortal Kombat : Annihilation " ( 1997 , with Brian Thompson , Reiner Schöne , Musetta Vander , J . J . Perry , Dennis Keiffer , Lance LeGault , Carolyn Seymour , and Dana Hee ) . Together with previous writing partner Bryce Zabel , Friedman created the mystery series " Dark Skies " which was canceled after the first season and ran between 1996 and 1997 . The series co - starred Conor O ' Farrell , Jeri Ryan , and Tim Kelleher . Friedman also worked as supervising and later co - executive producer on the series and also co - wrote half of the episodes . For the pilot episode , " The Awakening " , he shared a Writers Guild of America Award nomination in the category Original Long Form in 1998 with Zabel . " Dark Skies " also received a Saturn Award nomination as Best Genre Network TV Series in 1997 . Friedman was later interviewed for the 2010 DVD special feature " Signal - To - Noise : Uncovering Dark Skies " . Friedman wrote an episode for the television series " The Crow : Stairway to Heaven " in 1999 before he worked as supervising and later co - executive producer on the short - lived action series " Secret Agent Man " in 2000 . The series starred Dina Meyer and Friedman wrote the series finale , " The Breach " in 2000 . Between 2002 and 2003 , Friedman worked on the one season remake of " The Twilight Zone " for CBS . He wrote a number of episodes for the series and contributed as consulting producer . Friedman worked in the video game industry for companies such as Electronic Arts , Zynga , and 343 Industries . Further projects as writer are the television fantasy film " Mermaids " ( 2003 , with Nikita Ager ) , the video games " Command & Conquer 3 : Tiberium Wars " ( 2007 ) and " Halo 4 " ( 2012 ) , the animated film " Foodfight ! " ( 2012 ) , and the web series " Afterworld " ( 2007 ) and " Gemini Division " ( 2008 ) on which he also worked as executive producer . For " Gemini Division " , Friedman received a Streamy Award nomination in 2009 in the category Best Writing for a Dramatic Web Series which he shared with Jacqueline Zambrano . In 2008 , Friedman worked as consulting producer on the television science fiction film " Lost City Raiders " , which featured Ben Cross . He was also executive producer on the web series " Woke Up Dead " ( 2009 , with Daniel Roebuck ) and " Valemont " ( 2009 ) as part of his company Electric Farm Entertainment on which he was a founding partner between 2006 and 2011 . More recently , he wrote several episodes of the animated series " Star Wars : The Clone Wars " ( 2012 - 2013 ) and " Star Wars : Rebels " ( 2016 - 2017 ) and the video game " Tales from the Borderlands : A Telltale Games Series " ( 2014 ) . In 2015 , he co - created and directed the video game " BattleKasters " for the production company Mass Hysteria Entertainment Company , Inc . , on which he worked as Senior Vice President of Product Development & Marketing beginning in 2009 . Since 2011 , Friedman has been co - founder and chief creative officer of his production company Artifact Technologies .