If you purposefully leave out 30 episodes of tv that theyve written and 20 that theyve produced then of course their resume will look smaller. Also they were the story editor, not the writer.

Assuming im looking at the right episode, though they all have a lot of people credited.

I know nothing of the specifics here but typical US TV shows are written by a writers room. It's collaborative process which can involve seasoned veteran writers and newer faces. A specific episode being attributed to a specific writer doesn't necessarily indicate they were all that responsible for it, I think they basically spread those credits around all the writers.

There are several writers involved in season 2 of 'Picard', it would help if you mention the name of the scriptwriter that you're talking about.

>Am I just not understanding the entertainment industry? Or maybe has said person just written a number of excellent scripts that, for whatever reason, are just not picked up, but leaves a good impression on executives.

It's also possible that they were an uncredited writer on some stuff? Who gets credit as "writer" on movies can be really bizarre if a movie goes through multiple drafts. That could get you some respect from Hollywood insiders who know you helped but not get you a credit.

I'm not saying I think that's what happened (and probably wouldn't explain a whole career) but it's possible?

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