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Derek Haas

@derekhaaswriter.bsky.social
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The only me.

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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll see a post "Reese's is my favorite candy" and then a guy under will post something like "Chocolate and peanut butter make a delicious candy called Reese's. Have you tried Reese's pieces?" and I'll think, that has to be an AI bot. And then I think, "Actually, I know people who talk like that."
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When people ask what the height of Peak TV was like, I'm gonna say that I would see a headline like "GNARLED starring Ella DeRube renewed for Season 3 on the WeBe network" and I wouldn't have heard of the show, the actor, or the network. And this was every day.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If there's a really good actor you've seen in a bunch of other shows playing a small, benign part in the beginning of an episode, he's the one who killed her.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Malcolm is certifiably insane but he also spews wisdom to young writers.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On a British crime show, the two young detectives were investigating something from 1989 and acting like this was ancient history. Dammit, '89 doesn't seem that long ago!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
When Season 2 premiered of Chicago Fire and we had started shooting Season 1 of Chicago PD. 😀
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m hoping Twin Peaks: The Revival is number one. Got a light?
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Most writers I've met are nice.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Behind the scenes on Countdown when an Oscar nominated writer and an Emmy winning writer joined Jess and Jensen for a scene...
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There's a dialect in the South where someone telling a story always has a question mark at the end of each sentence. I was going to the Wal-Mart? The parking lot was full? Courtney was there... she's the one with the bangs who left DJ cause he cheated? Anyway... when I got there...
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of my first meetings on a studio lot, I saw Courtney Cox outside a sound stage, smoking... then a guy walk by dressed as a futuristic cop... then a trainer holding the hand of a monkey. I was like "oh, those movies that depict Hollywood got it right."
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If you’re a crime show detective and the suspect has a picture of himself holding a caught fish in front of a cabin on his mantel, that’s where he’s hiding.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I like how all my life I was told to conserve energy… turn off the light when I left the room, turn up the thermostat… and now a data center eclipses in one hour what I use in a lifetime.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Always innocent.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A lot of you have reached out and asked if I ever take photos with big fans and of course I do...
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Pilot episode, 2012.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When I was a kid, my brother, his friend Richard, and I went to a movie and no one else showed up. We started throwing a nerf mini football in the theater while the movie played.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I'll answer five questions this morning if anyone wants to know anything.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Soffer. Olmstead. Strike Force. Can't wait!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My stepmother used to be a focus group moderator and I grew up watching focus groups and even transcribing the events and also helping type up the final reports and conclusions. This helped me in my creative career, later, because I knew from experience that focus group testing is complete BS.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
You like that thing? Let me tell you why you shouldn't!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Media sites on opening weekend: Thursday: Find out who makes a surprise appearance in MegaMan! Friday: You won't believe this surprise in MegaMan! Saturday: There's a big surprise in the movie and here's Tobey Maguire to tell us about it. Sunday: Tobey Maguire returns as Blowpipe in MegaMan!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The little photos they put next to episodes on streamers are spoilers. Drives me crazy. I try to blur my eyes and select the next episode.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
They look like they're gonna get inflapregnant.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I still don't know what "Life in the heat of it" means.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you start a conversation with "did you hear the podcast where..." my answer is "no."
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Figure I'd save some time.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Things I hate in movies/TV: 5. CGI animals. 4. Fake driving. 3. "Three weeks earlier." 2. Volume stage horizon. 1. Swirling camera in action fight.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
If you come upon a witness with dementia in a show, you can bet that amongst the nonsense he/she says to the detectives, there will be a very important moment of lucidity.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The nice thing the Emmys recognize is that all the best writing, direction, and acting is in just a few shows each year.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's true!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'd hit it.
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Why Ice Cream Is So Expensive: The $8 Cone
Ice cream prices are soaring, with scoops hitting $6 and premium cones near $8. Here's how cocoa, sugar, and dairy costs turned a treat into a luxury good.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It still won't pay net profits.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It still won’t pay net profits.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I took this photo on the set of 2 Fast 2 Furious in 2002.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
4. He found out he was going to die and didn't want to put her through that, but knew she would still want to marry him. Mark cooked up the story that he cheated on her to get her to push him away, but didn't say who with. She assumed her sister but nothing actually happened between them.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Kate O'Flynn's Patricia is my favorite character on TV right now. Reminds me of Stephen King's Holly Gibney books but funnier. Widow's Bay is the show. I keep recommending it cause it's so good.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
On the first day of the freshly built Chicago Fire set in July 2012. I'd love to say I had more hair then, but I didn't.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Shout out to Widow's Bay... the closest to a Stephen King adaptation without being a Stephen King adaptation I've ever seen. It's really funny and scary. Perfect tone and great characters.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
5. He was such a wild child before he enlisted that his high school friends abandoned him when he got in trouble. His dad didn't want to deal with his problems. Then in the military, he was a lone wolf... didn't bond with anyone... same as a cop. Not till Hurricane.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I'll answer five questions, if anyone would like to ask me anything. It's Sunday... the sky is blue, the birds are singing... what could you possibly want to know?
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Circa 2005, I had a meeting with Kevin Spacey to discuss adapting a book to which his company owned the rights. He had recently taken over as artistic director of the Old Vic theater and I had been there to see a play in 2003. As you do in meetings like this, it started with some small talk...
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
In the old days, newsstands would have magazines and articles and you might see an article tease on the cover and you'd buy that magazine for $4 and take it with you. You didn't have to buy a subscription or give your name and number to the publisher. Make paying to read one article easy again!
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
5. I would work with Jensen again a hundred times. Truly one of the great experiences of my career.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
2. I had the situation in mind and then spoke with my good friend who is a heart surgeon in Dallas. He consulted with some colleagues and they came back to me with glioblastoma. I did some research from there and found out about the emerging treatments.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas Eve everyone! Stay safe and leave some cookies out for Santa.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
This is my only social media. I'm not on anything else. I won't ever be on anything else. So if someone contacts you on Instagram, FB, or Tik Tok, or Twitter X, or any other ones I don't know about, with this photo, and says they are me... you can make fun of them because they aren't me.
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Derek Haas @derekhaaswriter.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Over the years, I have been asked if there are any good screenwriting books, and I always answer the same: "I don't know." That is, until now! You can pre-order the Scriptnotes book from writing legends August and Mazin right this second wherever books are sold! Go get one!
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