he would write it. i've said it before, i'll say it again. i best thing i think has ever happened in my career is work on this show and have elmore like it. >> you can really get a send of his writing and characters throughout the series. walton, you weren't even supposed to be on the show. you were supposed to die in the pilot. what's kept boyd around for so long? >> i have a gun, walter goggens has a gun -- no. after we did the pilot and then it came off, a and the chemistry between tim and i, it was important for gibbons to have someone there who understands his history, a way to kind of reflect a adjourn in at harlen county to connectualize his history, so i think that's one of the main reasons why boyd stayed around. i think -- you know f. i've