After too many years wasting my life plugging numbers into computers for people who are getting paid much more than me and are undeserving, I've thought maybe it's time to consider my next big career. Writer. I've come up with an idea for a sit-com. I know that many will think that TV writing is not real writing, but then again, many people don't believe blogging is real writing either. Either or. I think any writing is a good writing and a good start. So, without further babble, my idea.
The Premise:
Present day.
Location: Suburb of LA, far enough away from the city to be small town but not rural. Town name TBD.
A life-long bachelor, decorated Sergeant Detective retires after 40 years on the force.
Cast:
Bob O'Riley, white male, Irish descent, our main character, 66 y/o
Jane Hu, Asian female, 18-19 y/o
Bradley Hu, Asian male, her brother, 12-13 y/o
Soo Hu, Asian female, her sister, 9-10 y/o
Samantha (Sam) O'Riley, Bob's sister, late 50s.
Supporting Cast:
John, a best friend police detective, black male, about 59 y/o
Bill, another best friend police detective, white male, Italian descent about 50 y/o
Ramon, another best friend police detective, Hispanic (Mexican descent) male, about 40 y/o
Mike, undercover detective, Bob's protege, black male, 25 y/o
Recurring Cast:
Uncle, the children's mother's absent unreliable brother.
Great Uncle, the Grandmother's youngest brother in China
First scene of episode one
Scene: Police station.
Event: Detective Bob's retirement send-off
Congratulatory interaction between Bob, his friends, John, Bill and Ramon and fellow police officers, .
Young Asian woman enters.
She confronts Bob.
She explains herself and reveals that she is his granddaughter.
Everyone looks on astonished.
She is willing to offer proof.
DNA swabs are taken and sent off to lab.
End of Scene.
Without writing the whole script here, here's the basic story.
Bob, as a young detective, attended a police convention in San Francisco in 1973. He met an extremely attractive 3rd generation Chinese-American woman about his age in a dance club bar. The two hit it off and have a one night stand. (This will be revealed somewhere in the second or third episode in the series.) He goes back to L.A. She produces a son 9 months later. As a proud and headstrong business woman (family business TBD), she refuses to try to find the father and ignores her family's pleas to do so.
Twenty years later (1993) the offspring marries and produces 3 children in 1996, 2002 and 2006, respectively. The parents disappear in 2010 from a believed small plane crash. The son is a pilot. He and his wife (also Asian) are on a second honeymoon. The children are then raised by their grandmother (Bob's one night fling). She passes from cancer in 2014. No one is left to raise the children. The fling's parents are dead. She had two brothers. One older. One younger. The older also is dead. The younger had moved to China. The children, at least the two underage, would be remanded to foster care.
Over the years, the eldest daughter, Jane, was told the story of her father's father. The grandmother remembers her fling as a police officer from the L.A. area (Town TBD) his name being Bob and some Irish name O'something. During the years spent prior to her parent's disappearance and her grandmother's death, the teen researched and narrowed down the grandfather candidates. She travels to the Town to seek her grandfather in the attempt to keep her and her two siblings together and out of foster care.
At the end of the first episode, my intention is to reveal through DNA testing that the children are his grandchildren. The hook is that he only thinks he has one grandchild. The reveal of the other two children comes in episode 2. The addition of his sister would be in episode 4 or 5 when Bob admits as a life long bachelor who was married to his job is unprepared to raise children. The sister, a life-long successful proud lesbian, has had relationships and has raised a few children with her partners. The sister moves in. The home is small but large enough to accommodate the extra people comfortably. The relationships start off rocky as most do. They learn to grow and adapt as most people do. Each episode would add more to all of the characters back stories. Bob's friends would be more involved as foils and confidences to Bob as they are all family men that usually end with misinformation or bad advice.
I don't know if I could carry all the writing duties, but I'd be good for story lines, one-liners, some short scenes and some snappy dialog. I don't see this as network show as much as a cable or premium channel offering. Now I just need to find someone to buy the idea and hire me and a group of underemployed writers.
I can't say that anything here is completely original and hasn't in parts been covered before on TV. However, I think it's a start to something with much potential that could reach a wide varied audience.
What do you think?
The Premise:
Present day.
Location: Suburb of LA, far enough away from the city to be small town but not rural. Town name TBD.
A life-long bachelor, decorated Sergeant Detective retires after 40 years on the force.
Cast:
Bob O'Riley, white male, Irish descent, our main character, 66 y/o
Jane Hu, Asian female, 18-19 y/o
Bradley Hu, Asian male, her brother, 12-13 y/o
Soo Hu, Asian female, her sister, 9-10 y/o
Samantha (Sam) O'Riley, Bob's sister, late 50s.
Supporting Cast:
John, a best friend police detective, black male, about 59 y/o
Bill, another best friend police detective, white male, Italian descent about 50 y/o
Ramon, another best friend police detective, Hispanic (Mexican descent) male, about 40 y/o
Mike, undercover detective, Bob's protege, black male, 25 y/o
Recurring Cast:
Uncle, the children's mother's absent unreliable brother.
Great Uncle, the Grandmother's youngest brother in China
The Story
First scene of episode one
Scene: Police station.
Event: Detective Bob's retirement send-off
Congratulatory interaction between Bob, his friends, John, Bill and Ramon and fellow police officers, .
Young Asian woman enters.
She confronts Bob.
She explains herself and reveals that she is his granddaughter.
Everyone looks on astonished.
She is willing to offer proof.
DNA swabs are taken and sent off to lab.
End of Scene.
Without writing the whole script here, here's the basic story.
Bob, as a young detective, attended a police convention in San Francisco in 1973. He met an extremely attractive 3rd generation Chinese-American woman about his age in a dance club bar. The two hit it off and have a one night stand. (This will be revealed somewhere in the second or third episode in the series.) He goes back to L.A. She produces a son 9 months later. As a proud and headstrong business woman (family business TBD), she refuses to try to find the father and ignores her family's pleas to do so.
Twenty years later (1993) the offspring marries and produces 3 children in 1996, 2002 and 2006, respectively. The parents disappear in 2010 from a believed small plane crash. The son is a pilot. He and his wife (also Asian) are on a second honeymoon. The children are then raised by their grandmother (Bob's one night fling). She passes from cancer in 2014. No one is left to raise the children. The fling's parents are dead. She had two brothers. One older. One younger. The older also is dead. The younger had moved to China. The children, at least the two underage, would be remanded to foster care.
Over the years, the eldest daughter, Jane, was told the story of her father's father. The grandmother remembers her fling as a police officer from the L.A. area (Town TBD) his name being Bob and some Irish name O'something. During the years spent prior to her parent's disappearance and her grandmother's death, the teen researched and narrowed down the grandfather candidates. She travels to the Town to seek her grandfather in the attempt to keep her and her two siblings together and out of foster care.
At the end of the first episode, my intention is to reveal through DNA testing that the children are his grandchildren. The hook is that he only thinks he has one grandchild. The reveal of the other two children comes in episode 2. The addition of his sister would be in episode 4 or 5 when Bob admits as a life long bachelor who was married to his job is unprepared to raise children. The sister, a life-long successful proud lesbian, has had relationships and has raised a few children with her partners. The sister moves in. The home is small but large enough to accommodate the extra people comfortably. The relationships start off rocky as most do. They learn to grow and adapt as most people do. Each episode would add more to all of the characters back stories. Bob's friends would be more involved as foils and confidences to Bob as they are all family men that usually end with misinformation or bad advice.
I don't know if I could carry all the writing duties, but I'd be good for story lines, one-liners, some short scenes and some snappy dialog. I don't see this as network show as much as a cable or premium channel offering. Now I just need to find someone to buy the idea and hire me and a group of underemployed writers.
I can't say that anything here is completely original and hasn't in parts been covered before on TV. However, I think it's a start to something with much potential that could reach a wide varied audience.
What do you think?
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