When a deep sea explorer goes missing, his son must unravel a mystery embedded in his father’s Last Will, and doing so will entangle him in a world of drug smugglers, murderers and back stabbers.
Type:
TV Pilot
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
52pp
Genre:
Drama
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Synopsis/Details
Bounty is a series that revolves around Jake Murdoch, a bounty hunter in Texas. After his father, Rocky, goes missing in the Gulf of Mexico when his yacht explodes, Rocky suspects something suspicious has happened. His fears are only heightened when a Fed Ex box arrives at his girlfriend's office. The box contains a mysterious satellite phone. Together with his brother Nick, he tries to make sense of the situation, but it doesn’t help when his father’s house is ransacked, Jake is involved in a shooting with a henchman for an unusual drug lord, and Rocky's Last Will turns out to be even more mysterious than the telephone. Meanwhile, the drug lord, Morgan Piersall, is exacting a firm hand on the drug trade in that part of the state, but he’s about to find out that there are thieves in his own den, and that the retributions will lead ultimately to Jake’s doorstep, with threats to his ex-wife Rachel, an FBI agent, and teenage daughter, Allie. Battle lines are drawn, and what follows during the series is an exciting thrill-ride, where our heroes, staring down personal demons and issues, face off against a force hell-bent on destroying them at all costs.
All Accolades & Coverage

Finalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2018
Semifinalist, WeScreenplay TV Contest 2018
Semifinalist, Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition 2019
Quarterfinalist, PAGE Awards - PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition 2019
Quarterfinalist, The Script Lab - TSL Free Screenplay Contest 2019
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition 2015

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The Writer: Gary Howell

I'm an attorney by trade, but a writer at heart. I have written several shorts, and I am currently involved with a feature that I have worked on the past year that is now in development, with an Australian director at the helm. I have had three short films produced, "Country Road 12" that stars Dee Wallace ("E.T.", "Poltergeist"), "Skip," and "Study Date." I also acted as an executive producer on a short, "Clean Slate." I have also co-written one dramedy, "The Journeyers", that was optioned with Josh Monkarsh of Traffic City Productions, and is in development. I have one drama pilot, "Bounty," about a Texas bounty hunter, which recently had a table read done by television actors, and is in… Go to bio
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