Day 4 Assignments

[Tom Minier]

Tom’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I learned is really a reinforcement that process is everything. Interestingly, I found this lesson more challenging than the overview of the five seasons, perhaps because we are drilling down on specifics. I stretched my season one to 13 episodes, feeling that it would be easier to condense if I am lacking compelling material. Reluctantly, I am letting go that this story can be a comedy, and beginning to embrace that this will be a dramatic series that can hopefully have some strong comedic moments, similar to an Aaron Sorkin film or TV show. Another realization, is that I think I have a strong beginning and ending, but my middle episodes are still quite light.

Ep. 1

– In rapid fire sequence, we see all of the characters going about their day, most are preparing for the protest, others will be drawn to it, and a couple will accidentally find themselves there
– The protest unfolds and we see the nine characters and their involvement in the protest
– Civility breaks down and violence erupts leading to the death of Jenny
– 3 months earlier: We see the group showing up with a level of reluctance to the group support meetings in a church basement
– We meet Eddie and Tiffany, and the Janitor quietly keeps to himself
– They introduce themselves and why they need pandemic support, it is super awkward, so many won’t reveal their real names, others talk in abundance about themselves, some recognize one another as adversaries

Ep. 2

– In the second meeting the group returns and begin to share more about their past and what brought them to the pandemic support group
– Other characters start to open up more, trust is starting to form, but they are still in the “dating phase”
– Florida Man becomes suspicious of the Janitor who is always doing some kind of busy work in the background

Ep. 3

– Eddie convinces Florida Man to relax and open up and when he does the group immediately regrets it as he goes on tirade about conspiracy theories, he begins his journey starting as a lone wolf
– He also identifies that he knows who Poe and Trish are and begins to question the nature of this group
– Angela, the other clear black sheep of the group, helps calm him down forming the first alliance

Ep. 4

– Florida Man leans more on Angela as he begins to experience flashbacks of past abductions making him question the nature of reality
– Reluctantly, Angela reveals her past, suicidal tendencies and search for meaning
– Eddie and Tiffany look for opportunities to show commonalities amongst the group

Ep. 5

– Before the next meeting Eddie and Tiffany convene and compare notes, we learn that they are actually competing for a position with a professor overseeing their project; they must work together, but only one of them can get the job; they mention the importance of the experiment, but don’t explain its nature
– As the group begins to arrive Trish’s good nature takes a turn based on something that happened in the last week involving Poe’s organization (could be related to the protest, perhaps he’s counterprotesting)
– We learn more about her past and her affiliation with her organization

Ep. 6

– Florida Man continues to keep a close eye on the Janitor, creating concern with Eddie and Tiffany
– Peter Cetera’s past and insecurities come center stage
– Eddie and Tiffany explain to the group what is at stake for them

Ep. 7

– Eddie and Tiffany explain that the pandemic support isn’t the real focus, but rather they are studying human connection

– Poe finds it more than coincidental that this group came together, starting to believe that maybe their is more to Florida Man’s rants
– We learn more about Poe’s past and his leadership position on a far-left political group

Ep. 8

– Florida Man starts to unwind trying to connect dots feeling as though someone is in his head
– Florida Man’s ramblings about mind control make others concerned about his mental health, while Eddie and Tiffany become concerned about the integrity of their experiment
– Tiffany begins to fear that what they are doing is not ethical, Eddie reminds her they are running out of time

Ep. 9

– The rivalry between Poe and Trish heightens creating tension amongst the group
– Florida Man’s paranoia climaxes making some wonder if he has totally lost his marbles as he talks about past abductions

– The group as a whole becomes divided and it is clear people are taking sides
– Eddie and Tiffany are losing control of the group
– Dani steps in acting like a mediator for each side
– We learn more about Dani’s past

Ep. 10

– Reluctantly, the group comes together, some express that this is going to be their last session, unsure why they are even compelled to keep coming back
– Stu is on the verge of walking out when Florida Man starts asking him about why he came here in the first place
– Stu opens up about his past and his last week
– As he does so it triggers an epiphany in Florida Man who explains to the group that they are all in the middle of an alien abduction
– Eddie and Tiffany reveal that he is right (with the Janitor’s approval)

Ep. 11

– The cat is out of the bag and Eddie and Tiffany admit everything
– They go on to explain the significance of the protest and the truth about mind control pulling back the curtain that they aren’t in a church basement but aboard an alien vessel
– The group is in complete pandemonium
– Tiffany steps up and tells them that if they don’t come together, Jenny is going to die at the protest
– We learn more about Jenny’s past

Ep. 12

– The confusion becomes overwhelming amongst the group, there are so many questions being asked
– Everyone seems concerned about their own well-being and not about Jenny
– Florida Man tries to remind them that it isn’t about them right now, it’s about helping Jenny
– Everyone reveals their self-interested nature at their core
– The chaos and feeling that something still isn’t right about the situation sends Florida Man into a nervous breakdown
– Everyone in the room goes motionless as if time stopped and then disappears
– The Janitor emerges and sits down with Florida Man and explains that this has always been about his role and what he must do next

Ep. 13

– Florida Man wakes up in his bed on earth the day of the protest
– With his memory of the abduction fully intact he shows up at the protest and begins finding the members of the group, but they don’t know him, they weren’t really there
– With little time to spare, Florida creates a plan to disarm the tension between the opposing organizations that Trish and Poe lead
– Finding Jenny he gets her to safety, but the violence still happens in a different way
– Florida Man doesn’t understand what he did wrong
– Eddie, Tiffany and the Janitor watch from above questioning if humanity’s fate is sealed

[Megan Schemenauer]

Megan’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is… that coming up with the specific details for episodes for each season requires even more time and creativity than the broad strokes. Still very, very rough at this stage!

SEASON 1: WORLDS APART

Episode 1: Lexie receives an email back from her future self.

Episode 2: Betsy hates high school; run-ins with a cheerleader named Margo. Meet Miss Perfect Lily, Lexie’s older sister

Episode 3: Cerise had told Lexie and Betsy that her mother was traveling on business but we find out she’s actually dead.

Episode 4: Scott seems to be Mr. Popularity but he’s failing almost all of his classes

Episode 5: Betsy gets discovered by the varsity coach and suddenly loves high school.

Episode 6: Lily seems to be the perfect daughter; until she refuses to pick up their alcoholic father from the bar; Lexie jumps in to his rescue without a driver’s license. From this point on, he always calls Lexie for help.

Episode 7: Alexis reveals that Dylan, their father, is dead by 2040, but she won’t tell Lexie when or how he dies.

Episode 8: Lexie keeps her father from driving on the night of his fatal accident

Episode 9: Lexie finds out that Alexis is actually an undercover operative.

SEASON 2: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

Episode 1: Alexis receives a new assignment and asks for Lexie’s help. Meet Brett and Sterling.

Episode 2: Lexie asks out Tony, the guy she shyly turned down in season 1; they start dating

Episode 3: Hot lead in case; Alexis meets Hunter; sparks fly

Episode 4: Betsy asks Cerise, her competition for Lexie’s friendship, for help with grades.

Episode 5: Starling shows up Alexis at work.Brett finds out about Hunter; jealousy

Episode 6: Lexie finds out about Cerise helping Betsy cheat. Has to choose whether to tell.

Episode 7: Lexie realizes the criminal she is investigating is Tony’s father Salvatore.

Episode 8: Cerise, tired of being controlled by her father’s ridiculous number of rules, makes plans to run away.

Episode 9: Lexie finds out that her new boyfriend Tony is the one who grows up to become the head of the crime syndicate.

SEASON 3: A WORLD OF HURT

Episode 1: Young Tony Moretti shows Lexie a magic trick / Adult Tony Moretti escapes from Alexis’s custody.

Episode 2: Lexie caught snooping in Salvatore’s office; Salvatore promotes Lexie from hostess to office manager.

Episode 3: Sterling discovers Lexie’s emails.

Episode 4: Lexie tries to make Tony see the dark side of his father’s business.

Episode 5: Betsy gets caught cheating; kicked off the team; conflict with Margo returns

Episode 6: We discover Salvatore was aware the entire time of Lexie’s snooping; prompted to keep an eye on her

Episode 7: Sterling’s successful older brothers and impossible-to-please father; Sterling discovers that Brett is also spying on Alexis

Episode 8: Cerise decides to run away; Alexis learns that Brett is a double agent working for the Morettis.

Episode 9: Alexis accidentally kills Tony Moretti; doesn’t admit to Lexie it was her fault (Lexie is at a school dance slow dancing with Tony when she gets Alexis‘s text about Tony’s death); Alexis discovers the crime syndicate aren’t criminals at all: they were trying to take down a corrupt new government known as the Six.

SEASON 4: WORLDS COLLIDE

Episode 1: Lexie begins uncovering the identities of the Six before they rise to power.

Episode 2: Sterling becomes Alexis’s new partner

Episode 3: Popular painting style discovered; Lexie recognizes it as Cerise’s style; she is able to track down her runaway friend

Episode 4: Alexis finally takes a chance on dating: she asks out Hunter Ridgely

Episode 5: Marcus, Betsy’s younger brother, is run over by a drunk driver

Episode 6: The drunk driver is Dylan Abbott, Who would have been dead if Lexie hadn’t saved him in season 1; Betsy ends her friendship with Lexie

Episode 7: Cerise is reconciled with her father.

Episode 8: Alexis discovers the Six have not only developed communication with the past; they’ve also developed time travel

Episode 9: Lexie and Alexis meet for the first time in person in Lexie’s timeline. Alexis confesses to having killed Tony in her timeline and a furious Lexie returns to the future to undo adult Tony’s death.

SEASON 5: IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD

Episode 1: Lexie tracks down Lily and Scott in the year 2040

Episode 2: Betsy and Margo are now friends.

Episode 3: Lexie tracks down Betsy in the year 2040.

Episode 4: Alexis locates her boss in Lexie’s timeline; fills him in and gets positioned as part of president’s security detail

Episode 5: Cerise’s art teacher’s college recommendation, which leads to a full ride scholarship which she hides from her father

Episode 6: Lexie tracks down Cerise in the year 2040; discovers how that friendship ended; Lexie meets Hunter (where?) and notices a strange spark despite the age difference

Episode 7: Lexie meets Sterling, who helps Lexie track down adult Tony Moretti

Episode 8: Alexis uncovers informs about the upcoming assassination

Episode 9: In an effort to stop her future self from killing adult Tony Moretti, Lexie shoots Alexis first, moments before Alexis in the past saves the president from assassination.

[Suzanne Frank]

Suzanne’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I have learned … just keep going? Everything forward requires a rethink of everything back and breakthroughs are coming on an hourly basis. LOL. This particular “cheat sheet” is extremely helpful. (EDIT) I make things too hard! Sixty percent, I have! (And I maybe misunderstood? Weren’t we supposed to show our process? Anyway …)

Season 1: Bienville’s Dilemma

1. Beginning: a container ship comes upon an island of dismembered bodies in the GOM; they are spun around and crash into the port of Houston. Unknown players take the GOM hostage. A catastrophe is predicted. Season End/Cliffhanger: End, Stella is back in NOLA, but (cliffhanger) NOLA is now an island and she thinks she sees non humans helping

2. Season 1 Mystery Set up: Who and How has control of GOM? Season 1 Mystery Solved: Water elementals

Second Mystery Set up: who are Diane, Luke, Hazel, and how are they connected? Mystery Solved: Hazel is a killer; Luke accidentally killed too; Diane is victim to both.

Third Mystery Set up: What is the objective of the hostage takers … (many seasons away)

Question A: What is the mystery? How did certain family corps know to evacuate early? Question B: How could the mystery be set up? What parts will be left out that must be solved? Question C: Why is all of this happening now?

3. Journey begins……………………………………………………….Journey peaks, but continues.

Question A: Stella starts as the toast of NOLA, her client Taz charming everyone. He reveals he’s taking the GOM hostage, a catastrophe is on the way, he needs five more conspirators. Stella immediately (eludes the police) and confronts the tarot reader (Zephyr) she consulted. Zephyr’s response was ambiguous, she challenges Stella to reframe. Taz contacts Stella and asks if she will be his “voice” and she volunteers to the FBI to get to him.

Question B: Think about where this character goes in future seasons. S2: She helps Zephyr and Mayor Yvonne until Yvonne is killed. Stella becomes mayor and leads NOLA to secede from Louisiana. S3: She’s mayor of Wild West NOLA, trying to establish new normal. Storm surge decimates city. S4: She’s kidnapped when FOA invade NOLA, and leads a popular revolution with Elemental tech. S5: NOLA forms new kinds of government. Stella becomes the Elementals international “voice” and helps with transforming other gulf regions using NOLA example.

Layer….…opening scene is Elementals stopping ship long enough to turn it to wreck into port and halt shipping

Layer………Taz is an elemental-ish

Layer………Zephyr advises Yvonne and Stella, she overserved Luke

Layer………Luke’s crash killed Diane’s BFF which started her spiral

Layer………Venato fell in love with an elemental and faked his own death

Layer………Stella lives in NOLA because her biological daughter is there

Layer…… FOA have resources beyond everyone else, which divide them

Layer …. the geology we know is recent, not the rule

Layer…. Constantine sees his mirror in Luke

Layer…. Hazel is the greatest threat

Layer….Luke is literally followed by ghosts and his self-judge

Layer……learning to live without

Layer…..weather

Layer….Yvonne must decide what not even Bienville (who founded New Orleans) could not

Layer….. We are not alone

5. Make a list of the Major Story Lines.

FOA (Taz, Stella, Yvonne)

Aisland/chosen ones (Taz, Hazel, Venato, Diane, Luke, Zephyr, Stella)

Supernatural/horror/disaster –consequences and set ups

Serial killer/lover (Diane, Hazel, Luke, Zephyr)

NOLA/nature (Yvonne, Zephyr, Taz, Stella, Venato)

Gov’t/FBI/practical (Constantine, Stella, Luke, Venato)

Question A: What main characters have story lines that affect everyone else? Stella, Zephyr, Luke

Question B: What are the most important story lines of this show? Chosen ones, FOA, NOLA

Episode 1: NOLA given a choice, GOM taken hostage. Stella makes a deal with FBI.

E2: Luke blackmailed by Constantine into being an assassin. NOLA political confusion around Yvonne. Stella speaks for hostage takers.

E3: Zephyr, Hazel and Diane conspire to get to Aisland.

E4: Stella joins group, Luke hooks up with Hazel and joins too.

E5: Zephyr volunteers to help the Five

E6: Evacuations. NOLA changing. Venato blackmails Luke into letting him join.

E7: The Five escape NOLA, truths revealed endanger them all. The Shiver begins.

E8: Zephyr and Yvonne consult the sea. FOA divide into camps. Disaster everywhere.

E9: Night of the Cut; NOLA becomes an island.

E10: Wake up on Aisland, Hazel tries to kill Taz, but Luke intervenes. Constantine, listening, does not relate their location. Taz “throws” Stella back to NOLA to be the elementals representative.

S2E1: (NOLA and Aisland locations.) NOLA waking up in angry chaos. Escapees orient to Aisland, meet others (Miranda, Brian, Taz)

E5: Yvonne murdered and dumped in GOM; Stella steps in to lead.

E9: NOLA secedes from Louisiana

E10: FOA detonate an EMP and meet the Celestini elementals. (Constantine caught while trying to warn Aisland.)

S3E1: Constantine escapes to Aisland with a price on his head in a Wild West NOLA world (with more music and sequins). Venato orients newcomers to Aisland and helps them recognize their awakening skills.

E7: NOLA declares independence from USA. FOA “revive” the leader of Operation Hausfrau to fight, because now they are the hunted ones.

E12: The 12 raise an island in GOM; resulting storm surge is devastating. Meet Daeveni.

S4E1: Looking Glass mythtech revealed. Private army invasion puts NOLA under martial law. Stella taken prisoner.

E6: WWII interaction with gov’t and Elementals revealed; the world loves the underdog

E11: FOA unmasked. Aislanders fully operational.

E12: Zephyr consumes the Looking Glass; worldwide migration toward joining the Aisland.

E13: Hazel tries to kill all Aislanders since she sees them as betraying humanity. Suicides instead.

S5E1: FOA launch private army, full-scale war of humans vs. Elementals.

E4: NOLA revolts. The 12 assist.

E11: The 12 depart to join communities who want to learn Aisland skills; volcano in Gulf .

E12: NOLA rebuilding as gateway to GOM; Stella leaves to become voice of Elementals worldwide.

E13: The truth revealed–the Elementals strategy (flashback) — and future seen.

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[Dave Arena]

What we learned from this assignment is that we got stuck trying to perfect the story and making sure everything made sense instead of just brainstorming and getting the first draft out. It was more challenging than expected.

EP1: Liz tells Michelle she’s been a swinger for 14 years

-Michelle tells Liz she’s considering swinging to help her marriage

-Liz goes incognito to figure out if Michelle is going to the club they frequent

-Liz hides her and Eric when Michelle does show up

-Liz confronts Michelle in the bathroom and the secret is out (but Eric doesn’t know)

EP2: Liz agrees to help Michelle

-Liz agrees to show Michelle the ropes of swinging if she doesn’t tell Eric

-Michelle brings someone she’s met to the salon for Liz’s advice

-Liz sets them up for an encounter but Michelle chickens out

-Liz feels alive helping people with her advice

EP3: Liz finds out Michelle’s husband is cheating on her

-Michelle goes to Liz after she suspects her husband is cheating

-Liz investigates Michelle’s husband

-Liz finds out he’s cheating with the couple she tried to set them up with and tells Michelle

EP4: Liz tries to get Michelle to see the truth about her marriage

-Liz gives Michelle the evidence of her husband’s affair

-Michelle confronts her husband

-Michelle buys her husband’s excuses and it’s back to fairy tale land

-Liz doesn’t get how clueless Michelle is

EP5: Liz tells Eric that Michelle knows they are swingers

-Liz tells Eric she outed them to Michelle

-Eric freaks out but then understands why Liz did it

-Michelle suggests a foursome with Liz and Eric

-Liz refuses and tells Michelle her marriage is unfixable which crushes Michelle

EP6: Michelle tries to seduce Eric

-Michelle reveals that she ultimately wants what Liz has and tries to seduce Eric but he refuses

-Eric tells Liz and they have a great heart-to-heart.

-Michelle and Liz have a big fight

-Liz fires Michelle from the salon

EP7: Michelle tells Eric about Liz’s hidden agenda

-Michelle tells Eric that Liz is helping other people with swinging

-Liz and Eric have a huge fight and she tells him this is her purpose

EP8: Eric leaves Liz

-Someone comes into the salon for Liz’s advice and she can’t refuse

-Michelle posts on social media making it look like her marriage is rock solid

-Eric leaves Liz

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[Sharilyn Kyle]

Sharilyn’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I learned from this assignment is…episodes can go to anywhere that the protagonist wants.

Episode 1: Erin loses weight

• Erin falls

• Walley posts Erin’s daily routine

• 1st Responders show up

• All (Neighbors, Fam, Medics, Ms. Chen, Mi-Ya) fat shame Erin

• “Aunt Flow” visits Erin

• Patty brings Erin’s favorite snack

Episode 2: Walley hacks Erin’s phone

• Erin binges

• Ms. Chen weighs Erin

• Walley creates “Erin Eats Everything” porn site

• Mi-Ya measures Erin for muumuus

• Erin and Patty reminisce

Episode 3: Walley gets paid

• Patty delivers breakfast

• Mi-Ya & Ms. Chen hose Erin down

• Patty slays Erin

• Porn Press-Gina contacts Walley

Episode 4: Patty proposes to Erin

• Gina slides into Erin’s DM

• Erin freaks out over her unknown porn fame

• Patty, Ms. Chen, Mi-Ya offer up their take

• Erin eats alone

• Walley consults with Candy

Episode 5: Erin considers porn for profit

• Chubby Chasers track Erin down

• Patty persuades Erin

• Patty reaches out to Gina

• Erin overeats

Episode 6: Erin walks

• Walley apologizes to Erin

• Erin gets back on her diet dean

• Ms. Chen feeds Erin healthy foods

• Patty, Mi-Ya and Erin view her porn site

• Erin questions her worth

Episode 7: Patty prepares Erin for porn

• Erin food fucks

• Mi-Ya and Patty conspire

• Ms. Chen, Stu & Lu feel guilty

• Walley proposes to Candy

• Chubby Chasers establish Erin’s fandom

Episode 8: Erin enters the porn palace

• Erin checks her naked body out

• Patty and Gina hook up

• Ms. Chen reads Erin for filth

• Erin dines with Dicks & Tits