Frankie Shaw speaks out after SMILF's series finale: "I should have had 'the Carlton Cuse to my Damon Lindelof'"

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Shaw, whose Showtime series was unexpectedly canceled after two seasons following a sexual misconduct scandal, talks about what she would've done had she been given a third season. She also explains what she would've done differently for Seasons 1 and 2, referring to Lost showrunners Cuse and Lindelof. "Let me just say two things," she says. "Boundaries. And delegation. As one showrunner recently told me, I should have had 'the Carlton Cuse to my Damon Lindelof' – which I don’t know those guys or exactly what that means, but I think, what he was saying, it’s impossible to be the main creative force, star of the show, director of the show and be the sole manager my first time out of the gate. But I will say, the management lessons learned from this are burned into me now."