"We wrote that character with Topher in mind," series creator Kevin Williamson tells TVLine. We wanted someone who was lovable and fun and funny … and to turn them into a psychopath. It's a lot of fun.

For example, an uncle dipped him into chummed and shark-infested waters, Williamson tells The Hollywood Reporter. He also shares his three-season (maybe more) plan and revisits 'Dawson's Creek.'

Like a surface-level blend of "Ozark" and "Yellowstone," Kevin Williamson's first Netflix series follows a North Carolina family who keeps their seaside fishing empire afloat by ferrying drugs.