Scott A. Williams is an American television writer and producer, as well as co-founder of Shane's Inspiration, a non-profit that builds playgrounds for kids of ALL abilities.
The series was created by Steven Bochco, William M. Finkelstein, David Milch, and retired police officer Bill Clark.
The series followed a dead police detective whose mission (assigned by the Devil) is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth.
The "Fools Russian" two-part episode was the season finale and marked the second time Williams had used the pun as a title (after Brooklyn South).
In the fall of 2001, he joined the crew of the NBC emergency services drama Third Watch as a writer and producer for the series' third season.
The series was co-created by his Brooklyn South colleague Edward Allen Bernero alongside producer John Wells.
He began writing alongside Bernero on "The Relay"; he next worked with other series creator Wells on "Adam 55-3"; he wrote his first solo episode "Act Brave" next.
After the mid-season break he wrote two further episodes "Cold Front" and "The Unforgiven" (co-written with Jorge Zamacona and Julie Hébert).
He wrote five episodes for the fourth season; "The Chosen Few", "Firestarter", "Snow Blind", "Last Call" (his second collaboration with Bernero), and "Closing In".
He wrote the season premiere "After Dark", "Skin and Bone", and "Fire in the Sky" (with the series creator and executive producer Tim Kring).
He also co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Blue Moon" with Jon Cowan and Robert L. Rowner from a story by Kring and Linda Gase.
Since joining the show season 9 (2011), Williams has written 30-plus episodes, including fan favorites "Seek," "Family First," "Keep Going," "What Child Is This?"
Williams appeared in the tenth episode of the seventeenth season of the reality competition series Hell's Kitchen where his charity Shane's Inspiration had their dinner cooked by the Blue Team during a private service.
Following this, Scott and Catherine become co-founders (along with friend Tiffany Harris) of Shane's Inspiration, a non-profit dedicated to fostering a bias-free world for children with disabilities through the creation of inclusive playgrounds and programs.
[5][6] Scott also serves as president of the Advisory Board for WeSPARK, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that provides free services to cancer patients and their families.