A Wrong Turn
Charles Marshall is a former CIA agent; now retired, he does
security for a construction company. His daughter, Brenda
Marshall, is a college student. Unaware that her father is
secretly working for the government, she believes everything
is normal. Until one day she returns home from school and
finds her father missing. The house has been completely
trashed and Brenda has no idea what has happened. She
receives a phone call from a man who claims he knows what
has happened to Charles. He wants to meet with Brenda but
she is reluctant to do so. But nevertheless, she agrees.
They meet at a diner near the city. The man approaches
Brenda and tells her he is a CIA agent. His name is Xander.
He was once trained by Charles. He also tells her that
Charles is in serious trouble but he doesn't give her any
details. Brenda insists that Xander tell her about what
happened to her father. Xander tells her he needs a disk
that contains info on a terrorist organization which Charles
had been working undercover. Brenda agrees to help Xander.
They leave the diner but they are followed. Xander and
Brenda are ambushed. Brenda escapes but Xander is nowhere to
be found
-- Script Pitch III Co-Host Commentary
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by Stephen Lucas
Stephen's Analysis:
Weve seen the whole secret identity story before.
Weve seen a father/daughter secret agent story before (most
recently on TVs "Alias"). Weve seen pretty much everything
there is to see about the CIA and so forth.
The thing that this pitch lacks is something
different, original, or exciting that we have not heard
about, seen, or talked about before. Yeah, this may find an
audience, but that audience is shrinking with each new
rehash.
Rating: C-