Scrappers is a reality show pilot - read the full synopsis

1. Southern Scrappers
Log Line:
Big­Daddy bad­boy turned good, Roger Milhouse, and his sidekick Ray Boudreaux team with a
sexy, blonde duo ­ Pam and Patty ­ to fight for survival in a downtrodden economy selling junk to
recycling plants. It’s Sanford and Son meets Sex in the City.
Cast:
Roger Milhouse ­ 400 pound, thirty eight year old, black man
with dreadlocks
After leaving prison for a drug conviction and a weapons charge,
Roger Milhouse, managed to change his criminal behavior and
walk the straight and narrow line and become a law abiding
citizen. He continued to work with weed, but it was now the
legal kind; he grew a successful lawn service business. But when the economy plummeted in
2008, Roger fell with it.
Ray Boudreaux ­ 19 year old, biracial, good­looking man
Ray is a good kid who comes from a brutal background. He is
soft­spoken and kind. He was attending school and doing well
until his mother lost her way and became a crack head. It was
then that young Ray was kicked out of his home and had to
search the streets to survive. Roger found Ray took him in,
tucked him under his wing, and began to mentor the young kid
into surviving as a scrapper.
Patti Nouveli ­ a hot blonde MILF
Patti is a dog loving, fifty something year old mother of three
surviving boys and one daughter who was murdered.
Pamela Edwards ­ a young stripper and recovering alcoholic
Pam is trying to stay away from the pole and booze, but she’s
not always successful at either one. She is in dire need of
good friends.
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2. Setting:
Pensacola, Florida ­ The buckle of the Bible Belt ­ on the
redneck Riviera. Escambia county ­ Pensacola has the worst
economy in all of Florida. Its beach community was destroyed
with Hurricane Ivan, it was hit hard again by the tail winds of
Katrina, and the BP Oil spill nearly destroyed the city and the
beautiful white gulf coast. The city survives but the community
and it’s residents are struggling.
Synopsis:
Together Roger and Ray survive ­ barely. Most times the days work will determine if they eat
that night or have electricity.
Because of the economy, the scrapping business has become highly competitive. Once the
scrapyards were lined with dilapidated old trucks and junker cars dropping of loads of
recyclables, but today the line holds sporty SUVs, Lexus’, Mercedes, and luxury cars and trucks
of all kinds. Nobody gives away their recyclables anymore because everyone is pinching
pennies, and they know that trash is worth money, so everyday Roger and Ray have to scrap
doubly hard to make a living as a scrapper.
Patti is having trouble finding work and Pam is having trouble keeping sober. Together one day,
the two are at the flea market and bump into Roger. In no time at all, they strike up an alliance
and make plans to scrap together.
Patti and Pam hang out with Roger and do “favors” for him in an attempt to get on his good side
so he will take them scraping and teach them the tricks of the trade.
Roger has “the man” up his ass on a nearly daily basis. The city has clean yard ordinances and
Roger finds them hard to adhere to. His “collectables” spill over from the backyard to the front.
And that’s when the man shows up giving him warnings or citations to clean up his yard. Roger
has an inoperable vehicle in his driveway that has to go or else the city is going to fine Roger.
Pam and Patti agree to help Roger move the car, and that’s when the adventure begins. The
team can’t afford a tow truck, so they illegally tow using a small chain. The car has no brakes,
yet they have to move it across town. Tension and paranoia rises when they stumble upon an
accident, fearing the police, they high­tail it out of there.
The bonds are made and the new team goes to work scraping in roadside bins, trash pick ups,
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3. and other unexpected scrap opportunities.
One of the problems is Patti’s car is a rattle trap and one day when they use it to scrap, Roger
has a panic attack. He vows to repair Patti’s car so he will never experience that kind of danger
again.
At first there is a healthy amount of scrapping work available and that keeps the team busy,
happy, and earning a living.
Pam has a small relapse, and she and Patti end up getting their freak on and pole dancing at a
local beach hangout. Roger and Ray watch the whole thing via facetime from a friend who was
at the beach witnessing it.
The rains come and the money dries up. You can’t scrap when it it’s raining. With no money,
Roger faces eviction from a new owner when the house he thought he was buying is sold out
from under him. Patti picked up a stray pit bull and she too is facing eviction. Just when the
team thought it couldn’t get any worse, the dog that belongs to Roger’s six year old son passes
away. Everyone is in a funk.
The weather changes, and the team gets back to scrapping, and they come together in a
backyard party ­ scrappers style.
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4. Future Episodes:
1. Roger had to move due to the new owner. He is now living with a girlfriend. Roger has a
history of fast weddings and fast divorces. When he met his last wife, Roger proposed after 3
days and 31 days later, they were filing for divorce. So there may be a wedding and a divorce in
Roger’s immediate future.
2. Patti is working full time and scraping part time. She is enjoying the fruits of her labor. She
has money to shop and buff and puff herself into excellent dating material. Patti enjoys a
polyamorous life and decided to play the field while she’s look for the next Mr. Right.
3. Pamela is caught in the loop of indecision regarding her drinking. She tries to quit but rarely
does. She is considering rehab, but first she tries to moderate on her own.
4. Ray is still trying to collect his records from his mother so that he can obtain his GED, take
some phlebotomy classes, and find steady work. And he is considering the military. While he is
deciding, Ray works with Roger scrapping trying to keep their heads above water.
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