 " The Secret " was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky . The episode was written in roughly 26 hours and was the fastest episode written for the series , at the time . The idea to make the entry the " spring cleaning episode " was " throw [ n ] in at the last minute " because the writers were " desperate " . The subplot was inspired by a friend of Eisenberg 's , who suggested the story after he was forced to undergo spring cleaning at his office . 
 " The Secret " was written by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky . The episode was written in roughly 26 hours and was the fastest episode written for the series , at the time . The idea to make the entry the " spring cleaning episode " was " throw [ n ] in at the last minute " because the writers <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> " desperate " . The subplot was inspired by a friend of Eisenberg <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>, <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>suggested the story after he was forced to undergo spring cleaning at his office . 
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