Two weeks later, it was announced that Bellisario was permanently exiting the show and that co-executive producer Charles Floyd Johnson and head writer Shane Brennan would take over. Bellisario retained his status as executive producer, though he would no longer manage the show, and "Angel of Death" was the last episode he wrote. In 2008, Harmon commented, "If we're working 14-hour days now instead of the 17- or 18-hour days that we were doing, it doesn't mean we're working any less hard. We're just more organized. . . . This has become a very well-oiled machine."