zt " ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Kim ▁Mann ers , ▁making ▁it ▁his ▁first ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁series . ▁( M ann ers ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁director , ▁who ▁directed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁series ' ▁episodes ). ▁Origin ally , ▁another ▁director ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁hel m ▁this ▁episode , ▁but ▁plans ▁fell ▁through ▁and ▁Mann ers ▁was ▁h ired . ▁The ▁produ cers ▁for ▁the ▁show ▁were ▁initially ▁concerned ▁about ▁bringing ▁Mann ers ▁on ▁board , ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁subscri bed ▁to ▁the ▁philosophy ▁of ▁Stephen ▁J . ▁C ann ell , ▁who ▁strongly ▁believed ▁that ▁writers ▁and ▁direct ors ▁should ▁work ▁together ▁to ▁cast ▁characters , ▁select ▁film ing ▁locations , ▁and ▁shoot ▁episodes . ▁According ▁to ▁Morgan , ▁many ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁believe ▁that ▁this ▁school ▁of ▁thought ▁was ▁" a ▁less er ▁kind " ▁of ▁direct ing . ▁However , ▁Morgan ▁was ▁a ▁champion ▁for ▁Mann ers , ▁and ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁former ' s ▁lo bb ying , ▁the ▁show ▁finally ▁allowed ▁Mann ers ▁to ▁direct ▁an ▁episode . ▁ ▁The ▁produ cers ▁initially ▁considered ▁using ▁fake ▁fro gs ▁for ▁the ▁scene ▁where ▁they ▁fall ▁from ▁the ▁sky , ▁but ▁the ▁" f ake ▁ones ▁looked ▁too ▁bad ▁and ▁didn ' t ▁hop ▁away ▁after ▁command ", ▁according ▁to ▁Carter . ▁As ▁such , ▁real ▁fro gs ▁were ▁brought ▁in ▁and ▁dropped ▁on ▁the ▁actors ▁from ▁a ▁short ▁distance , ▁with ▁camera ▁angles ▁being ▁employed ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁look ▁like ▁they ▁were ▁falling