DOUBLE EFFECT – Jonathan Flicker (Launch Pad)
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Title: | DOUBLE EFFECT |
Logline: | A brilliant and idealistic bioethics professor is recruited to join a law firm specializing in challenging pharmaceutical industry overreach in the country’s most controversial cases. |
Pitch: | THE GOOD FIGHT meets HOUSE |
Writer: | Jonathan Flicker |
Genre: | Drama |
Why to Read: | Legal shows have always been one of TV’s biggest moneymakers, and this pilot does a great job of setting up a unique take on this timeless drama. You have the reluctant outsider protagonist, the group of disparate personalities within the firm, the formula for procedural, episodic storytelling, and plenty of serialized plots that serve as threats to our characters and their firm. By engaging with newsworthy ideas and laws, this show can absolutely grab headlines due to its morally complex themes and character-driven storytelling. The writing is fast-paced, the dialogue is witty and efficient, and the subject matter is intellectually stimulating. This is the kind of smart television we always need more of. |
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