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Grundguetiger t1_j2ame4c wrote

Everybody who is involved in film making has it in his contract how and where exactly she or he is listed in the opening and the end credits with the exact words. Here it seems that parts of the script were written by Michael Tolkin & Leslie Greif and other parts by Michael Tolkin & Nikki Toscano & Kevin J. Hynes. So the persons of the one part are named and the persons of the other part too.

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eleven_eighteen t1_j2bfezi wrote

Writing credits aren't going to be determined by contract the majority of the time, that's for actors and maybe producers and some other crew. At least for Hollywood productions like the show being talked about.

Writing and directing credits follow guidelines from their respective guilds and they can be very specific. And at times very contentious.

In summary: the credits OP is talking about are almost certainly the way they are due to union rules. Going by those rules it seems there were two distinct teams that worked on the scripts and Michael Tolkin was a part of both. The team listed first is in that spot because it is felt that more of their work appears in the final product than the other group. Or because it is felt both groups made equal contributions to the final product and then the credits simply go in chronological order. If there are disputes about this stuff it is handled by arbitration.

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fictionfreesfools OP t1_j2ax6h6 wrote

That's interesting that the middle "and" denotes a partition of the episode's script. I wonder what constitutes a part of the script? Number of lines, screen time, scenes, etc could all be part demarcators.

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listyraesder t1_j2bzwtp wrote

It must be at least 25% of the written material that makes the final cut.

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