Lesson 6

[CJ Lyons]

CJ Stacks Intrigue:

What I learned from this assignment… the importance of planning hidden layers and intrigue before starting to write–something I’ve never tried before!

Patient X layers of intrigue:

ACT ONE:

Intriguing World: ER

Intrigue: Devon, why exiled

Mystery: who shot nun in Teaser, is girl safe?

Secret Identity: Ryder doesn’t tell her he’s cop right away

Wound: Jacob clearly still loves Rossi

Act 1 TP: Gunshot nun dumped at ER

ACT TWO:

Intriguing World: trauma resuscitation

Intrigue: will Rossi save nun

Mystery: who shot nun, is girl safe?

Mystery: who killed Jess and why?

Deception: Rossi hears nun’s voice, covers up shock

Secret Identity: Devon is Esme’s father

Wound: Rossi fails to save nun

Act 2 TP: Rossi hears nun tell her to find girl

ACT THREE:

Intriguing World: crime scene

Intrigue: who is Devon really?

Mystery: why kill nun and blind woman, why take Esme?

Secret: how Rossi knows

Secret Identity: Devon’s history with Royales

Strange Behavior: Rossi covering sympts

Act 3 TP: Devon meets Rossi at crime scene and convinces her to follow him into tunnels

ACT FOUR:

Intriguing World: tunnels

Intrigue: how does Rossi know where to go?

Mystery: where’s Esme?

Deception: hides symptoms

Conspiracy: drug dealer traps

Secret Identity: Devon is Esme’s dad

Strange Behavior: catatonic

Accusation: Devon accuses her of endangering them all if doesn’t tell truth

Act 4 TP: Rossi becomes catatonic, Devon forces her to tell him about symptoms

ACT FIVE:

Intriguing World: tunnels

Intrigue: how/why built, but this area never explored

Mystery: where’s Esme?

Secret: Devon’s past/Jess hurt here

Deception: Ryder pretends no big deal to go down

Wound: Devon/Jess; Ryder PTSD

Strange Behavior: Ryder panic attack

Act 5 TP: Rossi’s powers lead to serial killer’s lair

[Lloyd Shellenberger]

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Lloyd Shellenberger Stacks Intrigue

Working hard everyday to become the best writer I can be and as a result I do become the best writer in Hollywood.

What I learned from this assignment is to put as much into the hidden mysteries to make the episode pop.

Benjamin Greene Episode One: Thou shalt have no Gods before me!

ACT ONE:

Intriguing World: Espionage and murder

Intrigue: Col. Greene why was he recruited. What is his past that they have watched and admired so closely?

Mystery: who is the Puzzle works? Who runs it. Where do they get their money?

Secret Identity: Col. Greene never admits he was a former CIA Assassin

Wound: Col. Greene is still reeling from the sudden death of his wife two months prior.

Teaser: Col. Greene and his crew are ambushed by the Taliban and Americans on their first mission back to Afghanistan.

Act 1 Episode one: Col. Greene is forcefully recruited into a secret organization called The Puzzle Works. He is forced to protect his son. First Sergeant Desmoines is facing certain divorce and financial devastation so this is an opportunity to grab some cash for a rainy day.

ACT TWO:

Intriguing World: No rules, kill or be killed. Why are they shutting down the military drug trade? Who is ultimately behind the money and drugs? CIA Military Intel?

Intrigue: Will Col. Greene complete the mission? What happens to the money and drugs the crew steals? Will someone come for it?

Mystery: who killed the woman Col. Greene was with ? Will they frame him for it? How did the Puzzle works burn down the bar and everyone in it and make it look like an accident?

Mystery: Who set up Greene and his crew for an ambush?

Deception: Desmoines and Lt. Greene steal the cash and drugs during the raid in Afghanistan. The escort Greene had to the safehouse turned on him.

Secret Identity: Col. Greene is a former CIA Assassin. A fact he hides from his son.

Wound: Col. Greene didn’t keep his promise of leaving that world behind to his dying wife.

Act 2 TP: When the crew kills Americans and Taliban involved with the supply of Hereon and Opium then steal the money and drugs, they have crossed over into an area they cannot return from.

ACT THREE:

Intriguing World: The Ft. Bragg life and the secrets that exist in a Special Operations Command are top secret and dangerous. The Puzzle Works puts every team member in a compromising position by the nature of the assignments. The truth can never come to the light of day.

Intrigue: Who is Lt. Greene? He is supposed to be his father’s conscience and trusted ward but he is compromised and undisciplined.

Mystery: Will the crew uncover the whole drug network and what happens when Col. Greene finds out the ring leader is a trusted colleague?

Secret: Lt. Greene and First Sergeant Desmoines decide to go into the drug business together despite the dangers and the moral conflict. They do not tell Col. Greene.

Secret Identity: Desmoines and Jones have a history on the streets. Both were gang members growing up.

Strange Behavior: Lt. Greene is too quick to grab the heroine and Opium. Desmoines is left with no choice since his retirement is probably gone with his ex-wife. He is apposed to drugs.

Act 3 TP: When Desmoines and Lt. Greene identify the drug players and raid their warehouse it is equivalent to stirring up a nest of hornets. The killings were a result of Greene and Desmoines contacting them to move the product. The lords were unwilling to deal with them.

ACT FOUR:

Intriguing World: warehouse at Ft. Bragg and downtown Fayetteville, NC as well as the back alleys and dimly lit streets of both.

Intrigue: How does Spec. Jones know what to do and who to talk to?

Mystery: where’s the Puzzle Works during all this?

Deception: Col. Greene hides the fact he already has a mole in the warehouse. She is also running interference for the crew.

Conspiracy: drug dealer traps

Secret Identity: The Chaplain and the Assassin

Strange Behavior: Jones has been known to disappear for days. Where does she go?

Accusation: Agent Stockton believes the crew is behind the murders at a local warehouse but he cannot prove it. He is new to the case and is very good at what he does. He believes he is looking for novice drug dealers that will make more mistakes.

Act 4 TP: Desmoines and Lt. Greene move the dope. The pay day is huge. Col. Greene becomes suspicious about the source of the income. He confronts them both but allows them to keep it and devises a plan for deniability.

ACT FIVE:

Intriguing World: Building 14 Logistics Command, General Mosely.

Intrigue: how/why did he become a supplier for the local drug lords and the Eastern Seaboard. He used military resources to pull it off.

Mystery: where’s General Mosley and how can they connect him to the source ?

Secret: General Mosely’s crew served under Col. Greene in Afghanistan.

Deception: It was General Mosely that tried to stop the transport from leaving the Tarmac.

Wound: General Greene is bitter about his retirement and the amount he will receive. For a lifetime of service it is not enough.

Strange Behavior: The Puzzle works has warned Col. Greene no one is to be left alive as a witness from Mosely’s crew. Greene is reluctant to agree to that. He believes Mosely is innocent.

Act 5 TP: The mole is in place to get the operations and info on the warehouse. We leave the audience with a sense that something big is coming.

Benjamin Greene Episode Two: Thou shalt have no Gods before me!

Teaser: A Ft. Bragg warehouse is fully ablaze as Greene and his crew pull out of the back of the warehouse in a GSA van.

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ACT ONE:

Intriguing World: Building 14 Logistics Command, General Mosely

Intrigue: The last of the Shipments have arrived at the Pope Air force base. Mosely and his men are now on to the fact their supplier has been eliminated.

Mystery: How will they respond and can Sgt. Jones keep them misinformed long enough for Col. Greene to step in.

Secret Identity: General Mosely is known in drug circles as “The Commandant”.

Wound: Col. Greene feels betrayed that the culprit behind the tarmac incident is General Mosely.

ACT TWO:

Intriguing World: She has also accessed the Pope AFB personnel records and finds clues that tell her which flights to target. The operations have been extensive over the years.

Intrigue: Our mole has planted herself deep into the warehouse operations. Sgt. Jones is an Intel Officer who has served in the Pentagons. She is very resourceful.

Mystery: where’s General Mosley and how can they connect him to the source ? We still haven’t seen Mosely? There is still no proof.

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Secret Identity: Jones either a puzzle works agent or FBI so this may be Col. Greene’s first and last mission.

Wound: Jones’s mother was murdered by a drug dealer and she was raped by the same man. He later came up missing.

Act 2 TP: Sgt. Jones finds out when and where the last shipment comes into Pope AB. She informs Col. Greene and his crew.

ACT THREE:

Intriguing World: Pope AFB day a shipment arrives. Warehouse workers load the crates into a GSA van and exit the airport.

Intrigue: What will happen to the workers and the shipment.

Mystery: Col. Greene and his crew dress as local gang members and rob the soldiers of the shipment.

Secret: The full shipment has already been offered for sale by the Chaplain and his crew.

Secret Identity: This is Lt. Greene and Desmoines who have already jumped the gun.

Strange Behavior: Both men have not told Col. Greene what they have done.

Act 3 TP: When Desmoines kills one of the Soldiers it is on camera.

ACT FOUR:

Intriguing World: General Mosely is informed of the drug raids in Afghanistan and the raid on his shipment at Pope AFB. He is told it was a rival gang that is believed responsible for the theft. Mosely sets up a meeting and discovers the problem is from within.

Intrigue: Millions in cash and dope are seized and handed over to a DEA agent under Col. Greene’s watchful eye.

Mystery: Why is he handing it over? Too protect his son or plausible deniability.

Deception: Greene does not tell the DEA where is came from and he is using fake CID credentials to justify his investigation.

Conspiracy: Mosely Orders a hit and Greene and his crew but he is unsuccessful.

Secret Identity: Col. Greene and Sgt. Jones are targeted.

Strange Behavior: Col. Greene stops by to see his old friend and chat he realizes everything is true.

Accusation: Agent Stockton believes the crew is behind the murders at a local warehouse but he cannot prove it.

Act 4 TP: Desmoines and Lt. Greene move the dope. The pay day is huge. Col. Greene becomes suspicious about the source of the income.

ACT FIVE:

Intriguing World: Building 14 Ft. Bragg warehouse Night operations

Intrigue: Col. Greene is invited to the warehouse by General Mosely. He knows it is a setup but he goes anyway.

Mystery: Will Mosely kill him or invite him into the business?

Secret: Col. Greene set up surveillance throughout the warehouse. He plans to kill the whole crew including Mosely and burn the warehouse and evidence to the ground.

Deception: It has been SGT. Jones who has been setting up the transports and arranging the drops. Mosely has no Idea she is a mole.

Wound: Greene trusted Mosely but he cannot let him live. He is betrayed when Mosely tries to kill him.

Strange Behavior: The Puzzle works has warned Col. Greene no one is to be left alive a as witness from Mosely’s crew. Greene is reluctant to agree to that but he must to save his son.

Act 5 TP: The warehouse is burned to the ground and the news reflects a terrible fire that claimed the lives of several Soldiers. As the warehouse burns Greene and crew drive out of the warehouse with a GSA van. They have killed the crew and stolen the cash. There is no turning back.

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