ED BURNS (CO-CREATOR): That was Hamsterdam. It was David’s idea, and I remember where it came from. We were sitting on Vine Street, which is off of Fayette Street. You look up the hill, and there was this setting sun, this big orange glow, and a local drug dealer had just serviced about thirty, or forty, or fifty addicts. It was like the walking dead how they were all moving around. We were sitting on the steps of this old vacant house and David said, “Maybe they should move them all into one place.” And I said, “David, they already did. Look around. They’re all fucked up.” That’s what we did
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