The earliest incarnation of the B-story involved Rick taking Beth and Jerry and placing them amongst a sea of random individuals on an island or parking garage to occupy them;[12] Harmon characterized it as an "homage to event programming," such as Lost.[13] It was re-developed because they felt such series "fizzle out" or end unresolved, which would not help the episode comedically.[14] Another version fused the episode's B-story more prominently with its A-story in that when a "time quake" would occur, Beth and Jerry would unknowingly experience repeated moments,[15] and their settings would change between the past, present, and future.[16] In the end, the A-story was so complex already that they chose to create an independent narrative for the B-story. To this end, Roiland felt that the writers "probably could have done a little better" on that half of the show.[17]