Tanked - Pilot

In a fading industrial town, TANK, a 30-something barely functioning alcoholic, evades reality and responsibility. He procrastinates at work, neglects his mom (TRISH), and barely keeps his best friend SUNNY, a fellow alcoholic with fading health, afloat. Tank dreams of a better life with MARIE, the new girl at his warehouse job who runs the burger van. But, Marie’s a single, sober mom - a risky match for beer-swilling Tank. Convinced Sunny’s hit rock bottom, Tank attempts a clumsy intervention where an argument ensues, sending Tank on a solo, booze-fuelled bender. The next day, Marie invites Tank for a weekend walk with her son, a glimmer of hope. That night, Tank discovers Sunny dead in his flat. This discovery propels Tank on another bender as he breaks the news to Sunny’s estranged brother JOHN, with word spreading fast among the local barflies. The next morning, Trish swipes Tank’s hidden vodka stash which fuels a more aggressive drinking spree, climaxing just before his date with Marie. Sensing something’s off, Marie calls him out, nipping their romance in the bud. Tank, drowning in bottled-up sorrow, spirals deeper. He breaks into Sunny’s flat, drinks in Sunny’s armchair, and listens to Sunny’s last voicemail, where Sunny admits he’s terrified of what’s happening to him.