It's often said that television is a writers' medium, but that's because scripts are a delivery device for the format's true lifeblood: plot. However interesting a project's themes may be, it requires structure and momentum to propel the action multiple episodes.

Dennis Quaid stars as the notorious serial killer Keith Jesperson in the upcoming series Happy Face, which premieres on Paramount+ on March 20

The actor says it was 'remarkably easy' to play real-life killed Keith Hunter Jespersen in the new Paramount+ series.