In a 2020 interview with Collider,
Mel Eslyn spoke about what it was like to do a classic sitcom-style episode: "Oh, my god, it was a dream come true. I didn't realize that I wanted to be a sitcom showrunner, but that was apparently inside of me. I grew up watching
Wings (1990),
Cheers (1982), and
Night Court (1984), and from an early age, that drilled down the sitcom pacing and pattern form in my head. And then,
Room 104 (2017) is this living, breathing thing that makes you turn everything sideways, and then make it weird. So, here was this sitcom, in a multi-cam format, within this room, and then it's also going to have that Room 104 twist to it. Just from the physical recreation of a sitcom, pulling a wall away and having to navigate where the audience is. The camera shots, and having three or four cameras going, at any one time, just created a whole different new challenge for that room. Our art team and construction had a lot of work on that one, but it was fun. And then, we brought in bleachers and did a live audience for one section. It was so cool to mix up the energy of the room."