Lucasarts originally planned to make a sequel to Sam & Max Hit the Road entitled "Freelance Police". The game would have introduced both Sam and Max to complete 3D gaming animation. Many of the developers wanted to make Freelance police as a series of episodes. Due to creative differences between the developers on the game Lucasarts scrapped the game completely. It also led for Steve Purcell's copyright contract on Sam and Max to expire. The cancellation of Freelance Police led to the creation of the company of Telltale Games, who would later bring back Sam and Max through episodic gaming as well as introducing a new method of storytelling in video games.