[Michael Fine]

Genre:
Comedy / Romantic Comedy

Title:
Dad’s First Date

Concept/Logline:
An ex-military father with control issues, surveils his soon-to-be eighteen-year-old daughter on her first date to make sure she’s okay, but when he is discovered he ends up doing more harm than good.
Main Characters: Dad, Daughter, Dad’s Surveillance Specialist Friend, Daughter’s Boyfriend
Short synopsis: Dad (45) and Daughter (18) move to a new town to begin his security business after living in a sheltered small community following the death of Dad’s wife. For the first time, Daughter goes to a real high school and meets a nice guy who wants to take her out on a date. Dad refuses as he has sheltered her from everything her whole life and feels the whole world is a dangerous place. Ultimately he relents and lets her go.

Dad secretly follows her throughout the date, trying to sabotage it so his daughter doesn’t want to get involved in dating. He is discovered by daughter who is appalled, but her boyfriend doesn’t notice so she goes along with the date as usual. Dad still “senses” boyfriend is hiding something. He sneaks into boyfriend’s home and finds something on his computer suggesting he is just using the Daughter for his own pleasure. Dad shows information to Daughter and ruins date.

Daughter is mad at Dad. Boyfriend shows Daughter than information on his computer is just a misunderstanding and he really wants her to help him with organizing Prom and doesn’t want to “use her.” Dad realizes this and tries to get Boyfriend back with Daughter so they can organize Prom in time for it to be a success and to fend off others wanting to cause danger there. It is and Dad sees his Daughter can handle herself and fend off danger.

What makes this movie or show funny?:
1) Hilarious purpose – A hawkish father hovering over his near adult daughter to protect her. 2) Dad’s extreme “helicopter parent” protective measures