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They probably knew the bullet points. They probably did something like:
Early: Introduce main villain, introduce Jay-Patty-Wally
Last episode before first major break: Zoom crushes Barry
Last episode before second major break: Zoom is revealed cliffhanger
Last episode: Barry triumphs over Zoom and how, set-up next season with cliffhanger
Barry's arc: here to here
Iris's arc: here to here
Joe's, Wally's, Caitlin's, Cisco's, etc...: here to here
Major themes: family, trust, fear of being corrupted by power, addiction
E-2: depiction, breachers, etc...
They probably knew all of the major moments, then had to write around the two crossovers, Patty leaving, and probably some other things we don't even know about. MAYBE Sears being cast in 24 derailed them if they thought he was going to be a series regular as Jay going forward and had to adjust. I tend to doubt it, again, because of how it seems to just copy season 1.
Without looking, the major episodes were probably written or at least conceived of by the showrunners themselves. Some of the filler was likely assigned to the less experienced members of the writing team. They have a series bible, are confined to certain locations, and have a typical structure for each episode (intro, threat, self-doubt, pep talk, defeat the freak, denouement, tease next week).
More on topic, I'd be willing to bet the writers of this episode were told to write an episode where Barry gets faster, fights Zoom, but Zoom kidnaps Wally and forces Barry to give up his speed. How exactly the blackmail part was executed was probably this writing duo's contribution and wasn't done well. That'd be my guess.
Early: Introduce main villain, introduce Jay-Patty-Wally
Last episode before first major break: Zoom crushes Barry
Last episode before second major break: Zoom is revealed cliffhanger
Last episode: Barry triumphs over Zoom and how, set-up next season with cliffhanger
Barry's arc: here to here
Iris's arc: here to here
Joe's, Wally's, Caitlin's, Cisco's, etc...: here to here
Major themes: family, trust, fear of being corrupted by power, addiction
E-2: depiction, breachers, etc...
They probably knew all of the major moments, then had to write around the two crossovers, Patty leaving, and probably some other things we don't even know about. MAYBE Sears being cast in 24 derailed them if they thought he was going to be a series regular as Jay going forward and had to adjust. I tend to doubt it, again, because of how it seems to just copy season 1.
Without looking, the major episodes were probably written or at least conceived of by the showrunners themselves. Some of the filler was likely assigned to the less experienced members of the writing team. They have a series bible, are confined to certain locations, and have a typical structure for each episode (intro, threat, self-doubt, pep talk, defeat the freak, denouement, tease next week).
More on topic, I'd be willing to bet the writers of this episode were told to write an episode where Barry gets faster, fights Zoom, but Zoom kidnaps Wally and forces Barry to give up his speed. How exactly the blackmail part was executed was probably this writing duo's contribution and wasn't done well. That'd be my guess.
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