Ed by Mike Murphy | Script Revolution

Ed

A diplomat discovers that a strange Earthman is ruling an alien world.

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Diplomat Leonard Carpenter, a long-time widower, crash lands on a sandstorm-swept planet. There he meets Triana, a beautiful young girl who sets his heart afire, and the planet's ruler - Ed. 

Ed turns out to be an Earthman who crash landed there many years ago. He has taken on the role of the aliens' "decider." Want to start a business? Ask Ed. Want to get married? Ed's decision is law.

Carpenter tells Ed that, with his help fixing the damaged shuttlecraft, they can leave the planet. Ed observes that, for him, this planet is a very nice prison, but a prison nonetheless. Carpenter observes that most of this belief comes from Ed's feelings toward Triana. 

In a talk with Triana, the young lady realizes how Carpenter feels about her. When the topic of marriage comes up, she says it has to cleared through Ed or it won't happen.

A misunderstanding over the love of Triana causes the two men to fight. Ed dies. Carpenter learns that the feelings he thought Ed had for Triana were the love of a father for his daughter. 

Triana assumes temporary leadership. Carpenter is to replace Ed as decider. If he disagrees, the penalty for Ed's murder - even though accidental - is death.

Submitted: January 12, 2025
Last Updated: January 12, 2025

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The Writer: Mike Murphy

Mike, a four-time Parsec Awards finalist, has had over 150 audio plays produced in the U.S. and overseas. He’s won a dozen Moondance International Film Festival Awards (winner, finalist, and semi-finalist) in their TV pilot, audio play, short screenplay, and short story categories. A more complete list of awards is presented below by year. In 2025, his TV pilot script Milly Foster, Macabre Investigator was a quarter-finalist in the Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards (Season 9). In 2020, his screenplay Die Laughing was a semi-finalist in the Unique Voices Screenplay Competition from Creative Screenwriting magazine. The following year, his TV pilot script “The Bullying Squad” was a quarter-... Go to bio

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