Day 4 Assignments

[Lois Wickstrom]

Lois’ episode list rough draft

what I learned — it looks like I may have enough pieces to make the first season work.

Mod 2 lesson 4 skunk-boy homework

1 Meff becomes a skunk and nearly gets eaten by an owl – he misses his birthday party

2 Meff parties with his skunk cousins in the cave and finds his missing hat – he eats a rotten egg and becomes human again. Meanwhile Mann tries to buy the skunk farm. Dad turns him down.

3 Meff’s aunt Abigail assumes human form and welcomes him to the world of skunks. Meff’s sister Polly is jealous. His other sisters feel sorry for him. Dad wants firm rules about when Meff may morph.

4 Meff sneaks into Mann’s laboratory and discovers Mann’s plot to get the family mephiderite. Meanwhile Polly starts a jewelry business making jewelry with the mephiderite to sell at the Skunk Beauty Pageant. Kamali Parker is working in Mann’s laboratory.

5 Meff is working in the family skunk supplies store. He demonstrates the skunk spray to a customer who wants to smell like a skunk so he can hunt. He sprays himself. He morphs. Nobody sees this. But Kamali Parker comes in to by a skunk pet. She falls in love with Meff. Polly takes over the register and Parker buys him.

6 Dad tries to buy Meff back. Kamali won’t sell and Dad won’t say why he is so attached to this skunk. Kamali decides to enter Meff in the Skunk Beauty Pageant.

7. Aunt Abigail tries to rescue Meff, and Mann catches her. He decides to enter her in the Beauty Pageant. He tests his hair-grow spray on her. It works. He uses it on himself (he was balding- now he’s not.)

8 Mann takes over MCing the Beauty Pageant. He’s awarding hair-grow spray as one of the prizes. Polly brings a rotten egg for Meff, but Kamali won’t let him have it. Meff tries to free Abigail from her cage, but as a skunk, he can’t do it. Polly tries and Mann keeps her away. We see lots of talented skunks compete. Meff wins. Mann buys all of Polly’s jewelry, and uses it to make a spray that freezes the whole town (which is watching the pageant)

9) Meff has distracted Kamali. Neither of them get sprayed. Meff tries to steer Kamali’s car. She figures he’s up to something and lets him. They go to the Skunk Farm. There, they find Mann’s trucks loading up with mephiderite. Meff gives the trucks flat tires. His cousins help. Even Kamali can see that Mann is up to no good. As the town recovers from the freeze spray, they go to the skunk farm for the annual celebration. They see the theft-in-progress.

10 Meff does battle with the owl and wins – nearly kills him with his super power spray. Meff is injured, but Polly brings him to the cave, and finally gives him a rotten egg. He becomes human, and joins the town for the celebration. For the first time in human form, he meets Kamali. She likes him as a boy, but wonders where her Meffikins is. Owl is taken to animal control center because he is an endangered species – they want to save him. Owl is Howland Mann.

[Lisa Molenda]

Lisa’s episode list rough draft

What I learned doing this assignment is that I need to keep going with the flow, even though it’t hard to not know the answers.

Episode 1: Jane gets run over by a slaughterhouse truck and Marc, saves her by turning her into a vampire.

Episode 2: Jane has an unquenchable thirst for blood and can’t keep herelf under control and needs an intervention.

Episode 3: Marc introduces Jane to Mina, an OC vampire who takes her under her wing, and gives her some blood bags.

Episode 4: Lucy is cruel to Jane and tries to sabotage her

Episode 5: Jaen is curious about where the blood comes from, so Marc tells her that he used to work for the human farms

Episode 6: Mina takes Jane to a human farm, and assures her that the humans there are happy, but something seems off

Episode 7: Jane demands more information from Marc, but he swore to secrecy that he wouldn’t tell and his livelihood depends on it, but he shows Jane where the real farms are.

Episode 8: Jane finds the factory human farms , but can’t go inside, so she goes there undercover and applies to work there.

Episode 9: Jane discovers the truth, that her blood has been taken from humans who are kept in poor conditions, raped and eventually killed.

[Griffith Lambert]

SU Bingeworthy

Module 2 Lesson 4

Griff’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I learned doing this assignment: It’s not as hard as I thought it would be to brainstorm episode ideas, but I had to let go of being perfect.

Pilot: “Form Follows Dysfunction” – In which we establish Stephanie’s hectic and harried home life with Randy and Todd.

· Stephanie can’t seem to get the boys to school on time.

· Stephanie hates her job writing a parent advice column.

· Randy and Todd bicker constantly.

· Stephanie’s on thin ice with the school counselor and the boys fault her for it.

Episode Two: “Snot Sucker” – In which we find out why Stephanie is dissatisfied with her role at the magazine.

· Stephanie encounters a typical young mother after a testy morning with the boys.

· She can’t get her editor to even read a serious piece of hers.

· Cynicism and dark humor begin to creep into Stephanie’s advice column to young parents.

Episode Three: “Life Isn’t Fair” – In which we compare and contrast Randy and Todd’s very different but equally screwed-up school lives.

· Randy can’t get anybody to pick him for a sports team due to his small size.

· The school jocks keep approaching the bigger Todd for sports, infuriating Randy.

· Randy bullies Todd for being a “wimp”

· School counselors ask for a home evaluation.

Episode Four: “Gimme The Ball, Gimme The Ball, Gimme…” – In which we follow Randy as he tries to get on some sports team, any sports team at school.

· Randy tries out for baseball. He’s got the chops, but he is not picked.

· Randy tries out for basketball. He can shoot and pass and runs circles around the other kids. Still not picked.

· Randy tries out for wrestling. That was dumb.

· Randy tries out for football? Nah.

· The lettermen approach Randy and Todd outside the local Quik Mart and Randy thinks they want to pick on Todd. Instead they try to recruit Todd for football. Randy goes ballistic.

Episode Five: “Martha Stewart You Ain’t” – In which Todd explores his artistic interests at school.

· Todd signs up for a cooking class and must endure Randy’s derision.

· Todd attempts to keep his excellent grades a secret for fear of Randy.

· Stephanie becomes aware that she has inadvertently been overlooking Todd’s sensitivity.

Episode Six: “Whatever Became of Crash Damitch?” – In which we find out how much Brad misses his old life as a Rock Star.

· Brad patiently explains to a student the importance of learning music fundamentals before trying to show off.

· Todd hangs out more and more, avoiding Randy. Brad decides to help him out by showing him some ninja moves.

· Brad is frustrated when a student pulls off a shredding stunt he learned on YouTube.

· Stephanie becomes concerned with the amount of time Todd spends at Brad’s.

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Episode Seven: “Cul-de-sac Diplomacy” – In which we examine the relationships between the Sherwoods and their neighbors, Brad and Marcey.

· Brad keeps mostly to himself and his guitar students, but seldom misses a chance to ogle his hot neighbor, Stephanie.

· Randy has a crush on the formidable and unapproachable Marcey.

· Brad decides Todd needs a little self defense training against his bullying brother.

Episode Eight: “Dude, Chill” – In which Stephanie becomes aware of a spy in the neighborhood.

· Stephanie confronts a man in an unmarked car who appears to be staking out the cul-de-sac.

· The man won’t be dissuaded and Stephanie’s inner Momma Bear is aroused.

· Stephanie thinks it has something to do with her boys, but she’s wrong about that.

· Marcey warns Stephanie not to antagonize the stalker. Why?

Episode Nine: “Do You Know Who I Used To Be?” – In which we find out exactly what Brad gave up to give Marcey a “normal” life.

· Brad tries to have a serious conversation with Marcey about her mother.

· Brad is tempted to attend a fan convention that will honor his old band, Hell Toupee.

· Stephanie has no idea that Brad used to be the famous front man of Hell Toupee.

· Marcey disappears into the desert for days on end, letting Brad think she’s partying.

· While comparing parenting notes with Brad, Stephanie gets wind of a tantalizing scandal that Marcey seems to be at the fringes of.

Episode Ten: “The Border Crossed Us” – In which the tragic death and legacy of Marcey’s mother is revealed.

· Marcey and Harmony load her SUV with bottled water and food several times a week, to be left in the desert for migrants crossing from Mexico.

· Marcey deflects Brad’s inquiries by passing herself and Harmony off as party girls.

· Stephanie learns about Marcey’s mother from Brad (her Hispanic heritage and death by drug overdose) and begins to put two-and-two together.

· Maria is saved by the water and food left in the desert by Marcey and Harmony.

Episode Eleven: “Land of Opportunity” – In which the plight of migrant workers like Maria is illustrated when one of their own collapses and dies of preventable asthma.

· Maria’s meager belongings are confiscated for “safekeeping.”

· Maria is tossed together in a bunkhouse with other migrants in a very unwholesome environment.

· When Maria stands up for herself the bosses beat the weakest of them and blame Maria.

· Maria is determined to tough it out so she can send money back to her family in Mexico.

Episode Twelve: “Take A Number” – Season One Finale – In which all the stress of coping boils over and everybody lines up to run away from home. Who will that leave?

· Randy and Todd are escorted home by the police for fighting at school.

· School counselors set up a home visit by Social Services.

· Todd surprises Randy by repelling one of his usual attacks.

· Marcey warns Stephanie to stay out of her business.

· Brad tries and fails to clamp down on Marcey’s nocturnal meanderings.

· Both families end up in the street shouting and threatening each other.

· Randy and Todd wake up the morning after the blowup to find Stephanie missing and no sign of Marcey.

END OF SEASON ONE

[Brenda Clarke]

Lesson 4 Generating Episodes

I realise that I am only scratching the surface but at least the process has commenced and can only get better as I dig deeper for more intrigue and layers.

List main events in bullet points

SEASON ONE:

Pilot:

Harriet finds her maid has suddenly gone missing

Elliot narrowly avoids being arrested whilst his lover is captured

Harriet leaves no stone unturned to find her lover

Both parents arrange for suitable spouses for their children, despite their

protests.

Both Harriet and Elliot hide their sexuality from their respective families.

Episode 2.

Harriet must perform a crime in order for the criminal underworld boss to trust her.

Elliot/Harriet both go on dates with opposite sex

Elliot depressed has been drinking/he comes out to his sister

Episode 3.

Oswald Edwards disgrace at his son’s lack of interest in the future bloodline/estate.

Harriet receives a 5 dot tattoo from criminal underworld, showing she can be trusted

Elliot with new found courage begins his search for his lover

Episode 4.

Rosie spends the day with her older sister Tily on her one day off in the week

Tily steals clothing from a gentleman client and on the run hands some items

to her sister Rosie

Rosie/Tilly Arrested, both sent to prison awaiting their trial.

Harriet’s awkward date night where he forces her to give him a hand job.

Episode 5.

Harriet follows information from the criminal underworld which leads to the discovery of Tily/Rosie’s arrest. Now to find them.

Harriet seeks revenge on her prospective future husband (arranged by her doting mother) by robbing him on whilst he travels on a highway in his carriage

Elliot’s awkward date night where she gives him a very bad blow job in orangery “a little less teeth”.

Episode 6.

Harriet keeps both her criminal activities and sexuality from her mother. She loves what she is doing. Her popularity is rising within the ranks.

Elliot tracks down Richards land lady at the Sailors digs

Elliot’s sister tries to soften the rift between her father and her brother, by

suggesting that perhaps he is better off being a bachelor.

Episode 7.

More criminal activities for Harriet

Elliot fights with his father, he says he is willing to give up his heritage and

that everything should be passed onto his younger sister and her son

Mrs Wright is very curious as to why her daughter is so determined to find

their maid.

Episode 8.

Harriet finally arrives at the Prison only to find that she is too late, Rosie was carted off to London to the Old Bailey ready for her trial.

Harriet torn with grief at missing her lover only by a few days goes to the nearest pub and gets drunk

Elliot/Harriet chance meeting in pub, Harriet extremely drunk Elliot takes pity on her & takes her to his club where they spend the night

Harriet & Elliot discover they have common ground and decide to work together to find their lovers.

[Frank Kim]

Frank’s Episode List Rough Draft

What I learned doing this assignment is that it takes me a lot of time to generate good ideas. But once the initial ideas
are there, it gets easier to drill down into each ep and come up with
intriguing hooks.

Episode 1: Marjorie’s best
friend is kidnapped, and Marjorie and her friends set out to find her. Marjorie
gets a message from her dream parents that comes true in her waking life.

Episode 2: Nancy tells
Gwendolyn’s moms that Marjorie died when she was 8 years old and was brought
back to life by God and then dropped from heaven down into the bayou outside
town the day Hank and Nancy first arrived in Deslondes.

Episode 3: Reveal that Nancy was
Marcus’ prom date before she got pregnant by Hank.

Episode 4: This is where Marjorie’s
dreams make sense.

Episode 5: Marjorie gets hints that
she is from another universe.

Episode 6: Marjorie learns the
truth from Abyon.

Episode 7: Hank and Nancy need
Marjorie to stay and help them as Nancy deals with terminal cancer, but she
feels conflicted. (Something really important AND believable has happened to
make Marjorie want to stay with her adopted parents, even after she discovers
they lied to her.)

Episode 8: Sin’s dad is the one
that convinces Marjorie to see Hank and Nancy’s actions in a more positive
light, thus convincing her to stay with them rather than abandon them.

Episode 9: Marjorie and her friends
rescue Gwendolyn, and Marjorie discovers she has a brother in another universe.
Marjorie also realizes she can get a cure for Nancy’s cancer in Earth Prime as
well as saving her biological parents.