Each one has a different motive."[26] The studio voiced its belief that the series was "suffocating" because it had "just these two guys and these creepy little rooms",[29] and suggested that the writers "open up the scope of the story and make things more epic"[30] following the "epic kind of scope" associated with the second-season episodes "Hollywood Babylon" and "All Hell Breaks Loose".[31] With this in mind, the writers decided to depict the war as large-scale.[31] Though Kripke warned that doing so would cost much more money, the studio gave its blessing to exceed the allotted budget.[30] However, the season premiere came in "way, way over budget", prompting the studio to change its mind.[30] Kripke noted that this had ramifications for the season, and commented, "All season we've been promising this demon war, but due to the fact that we don't have $20 million an episode, we really have to pick and choose when we're going to show the battles of that war."[5]