Archer estimated its opening was re-developed "three or four times."[19] Their first thumbnail pass took two weeks, with the first full animatic taking an additional three weeks.[20] At this point, the team realized the episode was not working. Harmon wrote another draft and the writing team stayed up all night pitching jokes for it. It was then sent off to Archer and his team for another animatic.[21] "They were able to reuse a lot, but they had to go in and re-board a bunch of stuff and they were troopers the whole way through.