1. DUPLICITY
Treatment, 23rd
– November – 2020
Zain Hatim
LOGLINE
A once famous detective, a drunk now, is faced with a case in which all odds seem to be against him.
Determined to redeem himself he pulls on all the strings to get an answer out of everyone involved.
While doing this he also tries to overcome his demons, that reside in a bottle.
CHARACTERS
Edward Watson(Detective):A once famousdetective workingsince the late 2000s that before the year
2018 didn’tlose asingle case.Butafterwhichhislossesgotworse and worse andnow in the year2021
he’san alcoholicthatmore timesthannone can be foundina car or bar drunk. He is desperate to
redeemhimself asone of the greatestdetectivesof the 21st
century.
James Jordan (Victim):A normal workingmanbeingtriedforallegedlymurderinghiswife.
Lily Jordan (Victim’sWife):A caringand lovingwife founddeadinherhouse.
Thomas Sangster (Victim’sRoommate/Best friend): Notonlydidhe live inJordan’shouse he alsowas
hisbestfriend.Butwhenitcame to Jordan’swife Thomaswasalwaysmore aggressive thanusual.He
didn’tlike herandshe didn’tlike him.Onthe dayof the murderThomas disappearedandhadanentire
man huntcenteredaroundhim.
SYNOPSIS
It’sthe year2021, andthe dayis Saturday 14th
of August,1 day afterthe murderof LilyJordon.Jamesis
havinga proceedinginacourthouse,where rulingsare beingrequestedthatatthe firstinstance of
evidence infavorof the victimthe trial be calledoff.
Jordanwas alsointerrogatedonthe dayof the murder. Where he confessedtohave lovedhiswifemore
than anything,indoingsohe blamedhisbestfriendnotingthatThomasandlilyhada shaky
relationship,especiallywhenitcame toJordan.
Edward issleepinginhiscar, a bottle inone handand spitslippingthroughhismouth.The windowof his
car isslightlyopenandsomeone inagreyjacketpassesbyit,slippingthroughanenvelope.A few
secondslatersomethinghitshiscarwakinghimup.He looksoutside tosee acouple of kidsplaying
soccer anddecidestoscoldthem.Whenthe kidstalkback, he decidestogetout of his car, indoingso
he feelssomethingonhislap,looksdownandseesthe envelope,reachesforitandthenopensitand a
wide smile formsonhisface.Asthe envelopehassome moneyandinformationonthe case of James
Jordon.
Edward thengoestothe courthouse declaring thathe istakingoverthe investigation.He alsomeetsthe
victim,James. JamespleadstoEdwarddenotingwhathe saidearlierabouthe andhiswife were happy
and onlyhadargumentsaboutThomas. He thenvisitsthe house of JamesJordan investigatingthe house
2. lookingforclues.He findsapuddle of bloodonthe kitchencounter,the bodyinthe middle of the room,
whichwascompletelytrashedindicatingthatthere wasa struggle there. The guardsthere mockEdward
abouthow theyhave completelysearchedthe houseeventhe bathroomandthatif theyfoundnothing
so will he. One of the guardsthere alsoinformsEdward of where Jamesusedtowork.
On the wayto Jamesworkplace Edwardstopsat a grocery store to buya drink.Here he isleftto
contemplate whetherhe shouldbe drinkingduringacase or if maybe the reasonhe’sbeenlosinghis
casesis due to hisdrinking.He putsthe bottle downandgrabs a soda.
He reachesJamesworkplace andquestions the manager.The managertellsEdward thatrightbefore
the time of murderJamescame to hisoffice todiscussif he couldgetsome of hispaymentinadvance.
Thisis because rightaroundthistime everydayJamesvisitsanearbygrocerystore to grab a bite.He also
showsEdwardcamera footage of Jamesleavingthe building.Edwardleavesthe buildingandthinking to
himself thatJamesisn’tthe killer.
