THE CAMARADERIE OF THE LONG-DISTANCE RUNNERS
OLMOS: I remember having the conversation with [the cast] in a meeting to start the first season. I said, ''This is going to go for five years, for the full run. Get ready. Pace yourselves like a marathon runner. You have to be running at top speed right from the get go, and that last mile has to be the fastest. The best work that you're going to be doing will be in the last time you're in front of camera. Don't forget that. I don't want to get to the end and have people tired.'' That's what exactly happened, man. Everybody knew exactly where they had to be, and boy did it work. It's a beautiful, beautiful story.