1. TITLE: A GAME OF SHADOWS
GENRE: CRIME, DRAMA, CONSPIRACY
LOCATION: EDINBURGH
AGE RANGE: 18-25
PERIOD: MODERN DAY
EPISODES: 10
CHANNEL: AMAZON PRIME
PLOT SYNOPSIS: Gary Lowbow, an old lieutenant at the end of his reign, gets pulled back for one
last homicide with rookie detective Iana Elmo. As one crime leads to another, Lowbow must peel back
the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind the organisation Crypt.
2. CAST:
1.) - GARY LOWBOW (PROTAGONIST, MID-50s, DIVORCED, SOON TO RETIRE
LIEUTENANT, SKEPTIC, AGNOSTIC, ANALOG, WAR VETERAN, OLD SCHOOL) (Aaron)
2.) - IANA ELMO (YOUNG PLUCKY DC, ARROGANT, UNSTABLE, UNDENIABLE
POTENTIAL, RECOVERING ADDICT, OPTIMIST, ATHEIST, DIGITAL) (Alexa)
3. 3.) - BISMARCK LAQUEESHA (HEAD OF CRYPT, ANTAGONIST, CRIME LORD, QUIET,
WITHDRAWN, BELIEVES IN A HIGHER POWER, PURE FUNDAMENTALIST, WANTS TO
RESTORE BALANCE, ANALOG) (Aidan Chesters)
CONCEPT ART:
4. EPISODE LAYOUT:
Episode 1 - 'One Last Case': Gary Lowbow finalises his employment
paperwork whilst a new constable (Iana Elmo) causes conflict with the
5. Superintendent. Before leaving Lowbow gets assigned one last case case
alongside Elmo, but not everything about this crime is what it seems.
Episode 2 - 'Ignorance is Bliss': After taking Elmo under his wing,
Lowbow must train her to control her emotions in the field. Following the
recent spike of murders, Gary becomes obsessed with a connection between
the recent string of homicides, and decides to stay on the force a little
longer.
Episode 3 - 'The Shadows': Whilst on her day off D.C. Elmo is abducted
by cloaked figures at Churchum castle. At the station Lowbow hears
whispers of a criminal organisation based in the heart of Edinburgh.
Following Elmo's disappearance Gary heads to the castle.
Episode 4 - 'Chain of Command': Elmo escapes her attackers and tells
Lowbow of a underground army that plans to attack the city, and of their
leader Bismarck Laqueesha. Lowbow takes the case up the chain of
command but faces opposition from the superintendent.
Episode 5 - 'Our Finest Hour': Lowbow rebels with three of his best to
investigate Churchum castle. Elmo meets an unknown D.I. and is
questioned heavily. Whilst the trio investigates, they are also abducted by
the cloaked figures. The new D.I. encourages the superintendent to take
extreme action.
Episode 6 - 'Face to Face': Lowbow meets with Laqueesha for the first
time, Laqueesha attempts to recruit Lowbow into Crypt. Suddenly an army
of police brake into the castle and flush out Laqueesha along with his men.
Now believing Gary, the superintendent pledges to find Laqueesha.
Lowbow leaves confused as to why Crypt decided to leave.
Episode 7 - 'For Your Consideration': The police force returns to their
station only to find it in ruins. Realising the rescue was a distraction, the
superintendent sends his forces out to find Laqueesha and his army.
Lowbow takes the wounded officers to the hospital and meets with Elmo.
She tells Gary of how an unknown D.I. destroyed the station and killed
everyone there. Suddenly all the electricity in the hospital dies...
Episode 8 - 'Let Battle Commence': Edinburgh falls into chaos as all
forms of communication cease. Gary figures that Laqueesha has utilised an
EMP to rob the city of it's electricity. Lowbow and Elmo decide to hunt
down Laqueesha and stop him before he completes his mission. Before long
Laqueesha begins his attack on the city, his army rises, and his missiles fire.
6. Episode 9 - 'Locked Antlers': Streets fill with bodies, Laqueesha takes out
hundreds of innocent civilians. Lowbow and Elmo discover Laqueesha's
data banks in the crypt of Churchum castle. Laqueesha's technological hub
provides Lowbow the location of Laqueesha and his weakness hyperacusis.
The attacks continue as Elmo and Lowbow make their way through the
bloodbath that is downtown Edinburgh.
Episode 10 - 'End of the Line': The end has come, the final showdown.
Lowbow confronts Laqueesha in the rubble of their station. Lowbow plays
loud feedback through a portable speaker temporarily weakening
Laqueesha. Elmo reveals herself to be a double agent, secretly working for
Laqueesha and attacks Lowbow. Laqueesha attempts to escape but Lowbow
tackles him down and stabs his leg. Elmo attacks Lowbow and he is forced
to kill her. Following Laqueesha's arrest, Crypt falls apart.
