Netflix's Long Story Short utilizes multiple timelines to set the scene for the show, which means viewers might benefit from more than one watch. During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Abbi Jacobson, who plays Shira, gave showrunner Raphael Bob-Waksberg credit for helping keep track of her character at various points throughout the process. "I will say that Raphael is always informing the story - he does this for all the actors. When you come in to record an episode, he always does a really great job of being like, 'OK, let's just place us where we are right now,'" Jacobson, 41, shared.