“Hey, Dad,” she said, not looking up. She was scrolling her phone. The screen showed a greenlight notification from a streaming giant: CONGRATULATIONS – 8 EPISODE ORDER FOR “ECHO PARK BLUES.”

Leo Vance, the 67-year-old head of continuity, stood on the curb with a cardboard box containing three mismatched coffee mugs, a framed photo of a horse he didn’t own, and a Betamax tape labeled “PESP: THE GOLDEN YEARS – DO NOT ERASE.”

“Alright,” he said. “One last scene.”