The Commandment: Episode 4: Secrets

By Jim Silver

Brianne DeGarmo is an abused wife caught up in an illicit affair with Nick Mathis, a high-powered lawyer. Her husband, Daryl, is a self-made millionaire who owns a munitions factory and a hair-trigger temper. One day there's a very big boom. Who did it? Hard to tell when the intended target's been vaporized. You can make murder look like anything. The cops see it one way; the Samaritan sees it another way entirely. Who's right, who's wrong? No one knows until all the hard evidence is in, and neither side has all of that...yet. Secrets is the 4th episode in The Commandment, a new, original (and proposed) dramatic television series set in current-time Savannah, Georgia.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jim Silver
• Release date: Dec 18, 2013
• ISBN: 9781311165794

Jim Silver

Author published with Simon & Schuster, titles: ASSUMPTION OF RISK and KILL ZONE. Partnered with director, producer and two-time Emmy winner Joe Ann Fogle (Doogie Howser, NYPD BLue, Murder One). Together we created and complete the first season of THE COMMANDMENT, an original dramatic television series set in Savannah, GA. We are releasing THE COMMANDMENT episodes in screenplay format, beginning with the pilot. In addition we have created five feature length screenplays, all involving dramatic fiction. Additional projects are in development.

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The Commandment

Episode 4: SECRETS

Screenplay by Joe Ann Fogle and Jim Silver

Story by Jim Silver

S1:E4

The Commandment Episode Four: Secrets

by Joe Ann Fogle and Jim Silver

Copyright © 2013

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the author or publisher.

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Contents

Opening Act

Act One

Act Two

Act Three

Act Four

Excerpt from Episode 5 Mayhem

Opening Act

FADE IN:

SCENE 1 EXT: BEACH HOUSE-TYBEE ISLAND, GA-NIGHT

We see an Audi A6 pull into the open left side of a two-door garage. It stops beside a red Corvette-the garage door cycles down.

CUT TO:

Inside the garage we see a WOMAN exit the Audi-she is BRIANNE DEGARMO. She is in her early forties-well dressed. She enters the house through the interior garage door.

We follow behind her-she climbs the stairs to the top floor-down a hallway to a set of double doors-a master bedroom-one door partially open. She pushes the door open further-stands in the doorway.

A MAN lies on the bed-he is NICK MATHIS-early forties-athletic build-he is naked-one leg raised.

BRIANNE

Oh my. You’ve started without me.

NICK

Just the preliminaries.

BRIANNE

In a rush are we?

NICK

No, just happy to see ya, darlin’. I heard your car. You’re late.

BRIANNE peels off her clothing-drops them to the floor-climbs onto the bed.

BRIANNE

Daryl’s fault. I had to wait for him to leave. He should be boardin’ the flight to Denver right about now.

NICK

Y’all were at the airport with him?

BRIANNE

He wanted me to see him off.

NICK

That’s a first. You think he knows?

BRIANNE lowers herself onto NICK.

BRIANNE

Not a chance. I’m far too careful and you’re far too paranoid.

NICK

Just bein’ cautious, darlin’. Daryl’s reputation precedes him.

BRIANNE

That’s precisely why we’re being careful. And you’re talkin’ too much. Your preliminaries are startin’ to go bye-bye.

NICK

Well, hell, girl, y’all can fix that.

The camera pulls back as the two entwine themselves on the bed.

CUT TO:

A Mercedes with black-tinted windows parked a block up the street. We see a MAN sitting in the car-he is MEL ALAINA. He watches an open laptop computer. We hear moaning voices-camera closes on the laptop-we see an image of Nick and Brianne-the view is from above them.

ALAINA glances up at the beach house BRIANNE drove into. He returns his gaze to the laptop. He appears bored with the view-picks up his cell phone-dials a number. We can’t hear the person on the other end.

ALAINA

Alaina. I’m at the beach house now. Getting good video. You’ll like it. Yeah, no surprises, as you expected. Tonight? Thought you were in Denver? Oh, OK, no worries. Sure. See you there.

ALAINA returns to the action on the laptop’s screen.

SCENE 2 INT. BEACH HOUSE BEDROOM-NIGHT

BRIANNE and NICK snuggle on the bed.

NICK

I was thinkin’ about y’all.

BRIANNE

Just then? I would hope so.

NICK

No, back in college, hell, even in high school, I never thought I’d ever have a chance with you, or your sister. You were a little above my pay grade, ya know.

BRIANNE

Ah, Bobbi and me, that’s all ancient history.

NICK

Yeah, well, I’ve sort’ve kept in touch with Bobbi over the years.

BRIANNE

So I heard. But you’re different now.

NICK

Sure I am. I’m a rich attorney.

BRIANNE

Daryl’s rich, too.

NICK

But I don’t beat the hell out