A MAN'S WORLD
INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS
What Makes It Unique:
- Dual-protagonist engine: Combines the brutal authenticity of a veteran’s reintegration arc (à la Reacher) with the icy maneuvering of a power-hungry strategist (House of Cards, Scandal).
- Hyper-local realism meets high-stakes politics: Set against the backdrop of real-life environmental contamination and political corruption in Suffolk County.
- Raw, poetic tone: East Coast noir with a lyrical undercurrent—gritty but haunting, fast-paced but emotionally rich.
- Themes: Addiction and recovery, public service vs. personal trauma, the corrosive effects of ambition, the toxic legacy of fathers.
- Narrative Style: Christopher Vogler’s Hero’s Journey across eight tightly structured episodes, each escalating F-M’s and Julianne’s descent into—and emergence from—their own personal hells.
AN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FAVORITE SCRIPT
SHE SET A HERO UP TO FAIL. IT MAY CRUSH THEM BOTH.
A PRESTIGE DRAMA WITH A PUNCH!
Based in part on actual events, including a nuclear disaster on Long Island's east end, and the series creator's time as the Chief of Staff of one of the largest county political committees in the nation.
"A SIZZLING ROMANTIC THRILLER!"
Synopsis
Episode 1 - The Shoulder Season
LIMITED or SERIALIZED PRESTIGE DRAMA SERIES
(Season One: 8 episodes of +/- 50 minutes each)
A haunted Navy SEAL with a junkie’s grip on painkillers and a dying mother returns home to Long Island's East End, only to be thrust into a rigged state senate race by a grieving political powerbroker with a ruthless past—and a buried connection to his own.
Genre: Political Drama / Character Thriller
Setting: The Hamptons - Long Island, NY
Theme: Can broken people fix a corrupt world?
Dramatic Engine: A rigged political race forces a war hero and a power broker to confront their past, their demons, and their growing relationship to each other.
STATUS: AVAILABLE (IN DEVELOPMENT)
“Shows the writer's command of the genre... authenticity that'd make Beau Willimon proud..."
The Black List
"Sometimes, the thing you think will be the source of your salvation ends up being the cause of your demise ..."
-- Julianne Lombardi
THE SHOULDER SEASON