Tom is a Filipino-American man from Philadelphia who was recruited into the CIA after graduating law school. He takes an undercover position to infiltrate drug rings. Harry is a Mexican-American drug dealer from California seeking to break into the entertainment industry. Dick is a retired CIA agent assigned to monitor Tom's undercover work. Sally is an artist and music marketer from Oregon who meets Tom at a drum circle in Venice Beach. Curtis is a Hollywood producer with connections to drug and organized crime networks through his work.

1. Character Development...
TOM(27)
Dialogue betweenDetectivesHarrisandRushmore astheyare processingTom.
There isa plate of cheese onthe desknearby.Harristakesa bite.
“That’s not yourcheese man!”
“That’s right,it’snacho cheese alright.This isgovernmentcheese.It’sanybody’scheese Rushmore.”
“You’re governmentcheese.”
“Not enoughof itaround here myfine Detective.Shouldwe checkthe evidence room?”
“Nah, nocheese backthere.Besidesthat’snomanscheese.”
“This isromancingmy stonesRushmore.Yousee thathotblonde whotheysentinforstrip search?”
“Yeah, I know.She made one call and isall lawyeredup.Betshe’souttahere inlessthanan hour.Some
Hollywoodagentinaconvertible pickingherup.”
“Fuck, if she doesn’thave ride I’ll give herone.”
“You don’t getoff until eleven,Harris.Don’tmake the prettygirl wait.Take the squadcar. I’ll cover
you.”
“You say the sweetestthings,sometimesRushmore.ShouldIaskher?”
“Wait until we bringdinner.Bythenherbail will have come throughandwe can ask for anotherfor
anotherstriptease whenshe getshercivviesback.”
“Alwaysknewyouwere apeepingTom.”
Tom- Hey watchit, that’smy name.Tom.
“Shut up Tom.”
“Nah, juston the rocks.I take everythingonthe rocks.My whiskey,mysex,myfishing,andmy
comedy.”
“You’re comedyison the rocks alright.”
Tom- “Hey you guysgonnaprocessme or planthe rape of an inmate overmypaperwork?”
“What’s it to you.You knowI’mnot choosy,youbetterbe careful.”
“Veryfunny.BetyouI beat the blonde outof here.”
“Can’t place betswithinmates.Keepsmybookieoutof jail.”

2. “Fuck, Rushmore.Yousee thisguysrecord?He practicallywalksonwater.We’ve gotthe national
database,andhe walkedonfive of these thingslastyear.”
Tom- “Pass the cheese,brother.”
“Sorry, finishedit.Youwantthatphone call now?”
“The soonerthe better.Iwas hopingtoget laidtonight.Andnotina jail cell.”
“That’s what I like tohear.I assume youwill make itfast?”
“How longdo I have?”
“Ten minutesbefore the phonecutsyouoff.It’sgotta be local too. Don’tgo callingVegas.”
“Not likely.”
“Right thiswayMr. Hartman.”
Tom is your average East Coast guy, hailing from Philadelphia. He is Filipino and white
and often uses his looks to pass for many things. He was recruited into the C.I.A. assignment
after finishing a law degree from UPenn. All throughout school, Tom supported himself by
dealing coke and his past chases him through the ranks at Langley.
A very untraditional agent in the fullest sense of the words, Tom finds early on that he
needed either chase his past skills into his workplace or lead a boring desk job. He chases a
position as an agent infiltrating terrorist drug rings, but finds himself seeing limited power in a
federal dominated position. Too late to change careers, Tom decides to go for a full undercover
position.
His family was a broken divorce ridden country club powerhouse that all but dissolved
when the kids left the club. The parents had held things together for a decade after Tom and his
sisters birth, but it proved to do more harm than good. A decade of inner club affairs left them
scrambling for their lawyers. Tom went with his father, his sister his mother.
Doing well in English, Tom was pushed to pursue a History major at college, lest they be
cursed with a poor writer. History led to a morbid fascination with the justice system, which led
him to pursue a law degree. His law degree was matched with an unmitigated sense of of how to
maintain a perfect GPA and he soon found himself hunted by the government. Lacking any
motivation to leave his fast paced life at Penn, he was an easy target for the Langley scouts.
HARRY “the Hood” DOMINGUEZ(35)
Harry is a west coast villain in the traditional sense, very "laid back". "You don't mess..."
with him and he "don't mess with you."
Harry is perhaps too good hearted of a guy to be dealing drugs, but out of High School
found himself with a habit to support, and though he has kicked the habit, hasn't kicked the
kickbacks.
Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Harry relocated at age twenty- seven to Los
Angeles to pursue showbiz. He claimed he was escaping the "bay fags" who dominated his drug
business. "Stupid jerks didn't even know they had to get high because they couldn't stand

3. themselves."
Harry is of Mexican descent, though from a family that adopted him at age seven. His
mother is black, father mixed and it led in time to alot of jokes about where Harry came from. At
age eighteen, chided by his broken hearted mother, Harry sought out his parents, finding both
dead of a car accident a decade earlier.
Harry lives on the oustkirts of Venice Beach in Culver City where he goes from day to day
praying his agent will call with a role with more than two lines. Next to no acting talent, and a
very gruff mannerism coupled with his dreadlocked locks make his chances slim to none, and
slim left town.
Harry meets Tom when Tom proves to be a better door to door service for one of his "Mr.
Happy" clients in Venice Beach. Harry strong arm converses with Tom and convinces him to
hook him up with a better supplier in exchange for more business. There are only so many
deliveries he can make in a night on the streets of Los Angeles. Together he and Tom make alot
of money.
DICK STRAYER(57)white
Dick is approaching retirement, but despite the chiding of his wife won't yet hang up the
badge. "It's not fair to retire early when I had to change careers..." Although he didn't altogether
change careers, Dick was a Dick. Starting as an LAPD Detective fresh out of UCLA, he attended
law school at nights after having his daughter so he could pursue Langley. Struggling with his
inner-city case load, he barely scraped up the grades, but at age twenty- seven entered C.I.A.
training.
Thirty years as a loyal recruit has left him with a deskjob. Dick was never one for the desk
job thing, but his daughter gave them grandkids, his wife insisted. He is almost indispensible as
an undercover agents tag team on the inside, and finds himself with the most hair - raising, high
pressured undercover assignments to monitor.
With a team of two "technical" assistants to research his moves, Dick is a key player in
covert operations. His curt mannerisms and quick whit prove to be all too much of a match for
his inveterate youngsters on undercover.
Tom is handed to him as a side- project to keep tabs on, but when two other agents lose
their spots and Tom is left all but alone, Dick smells trouble and makes him his lead priority.
Dick is a family man, with more dick jokes than you can shake a fist at. Especially if you
are single and undercover in Los Angeles.
SALLY RIDE(39)black
Sally is a Los Angeles local artisan with a penchant for her humble beginnings. At age
eighteen, Sally relocated to Los Angeles from Eugene, Oregon. She prides herself on never
having asked for a handout, earning her way with her art and music over the years.
In her early thirties, with her plethora of Los Angeles contacts, Sally began a marketing
business for musicians to sell their music to the media. She is forever scouting a good song to
sell, and has made many friends this way. She refuses to move from her south Venice Beach
condominium despite her success. Her friends want her to move nearer to Studio City to be close
to her business, but she has made herself quite the bleeding heart to young artists seeking solace
in the beach at Venice over the years.

4. Sally meets Tom at a drum circle in Venice when he first arrives in Los Angeles. Venice
Beach drum circles are an every Sunday event at sundown on the beach, and they make a pact of
some strange sort to meet every Sunday and catch up. She gives him a drum, and a hug, and she
is hooked.
Single with no kids, Sally is very interested in finding a relationship, but her bleeding heart
mentality has always turned the men off as a sort of flakiness.
"Once an artist, always an artist."
She slowly gathers facts on things about Tom over the course of the story as they evolve
into a love affair. She all at once decides to pursue him seriously when she finds he has musical
talent. She becomes his agent of sorts as he enters the Los Angeles Hip Hop arena, helping him
to land a record deal in town.
CURTIS White(45)white
Curtis is no stranger to the mob. Stepping on alot of toes over the years to achieve his role
as a Hollywood Producer, he has gone the "non-traditional" route so to speak. With a love of
people, but moreover an all consuming greed about him Curt is well, curt.
In fact, at one point he had to make an office memorandum for the staff to stop referring to
him as "Curt". Curtis partying with the stars to schmooze and land them as their well- in - budget
roles with his studio has led him to alot of friends in other circles.
When an offer of money to help coerce funds towards marijuana legislation came across his
desk, he jumped at it. Over the years, this led Curtis to alot of disrespect within the company and
he has become "the troubled stars" man.
He is not beyond firing an assistant for inadvertantly offending one of his stars on a whim,
and has his pockets padded deep in the drug circles that ring the studio, though he doesn't dabble.