Adventures of Eddie 7 Derwood. Piolt-- The Urn Page #4

Season #1
Synopsis: In this, the first episode, of “The Adventures of Eddie & Derwood” our two bumbling beach hustlers, Eddie Hoar and Derwood Doller, find themselves desperate for money to pay their rent and end their nights sleeping on the freezing New England beach. Eddie explains his new cockeyed idea to Derwood, who is horrified when Eddie proposes stealing the urn and ashes of a beach widow's husband and then holding the ashes for ransom and hocking the ornate urn. Derwood is convinced they will have something terrible happen to them for fooling with the dead. Eddie assures Derwood that the plumber who gave him the tip also said the widow is off the beach visiting one of her children on weekends.Eddie and Derwood have an easy time climbing through a window at the widow's cottage on a Saturday night, And also an easy job finding the urn right on the mantle where the plumber said it would be, They don't have an easy time with what the plumber failed to tell Eddie, though. That the widow keeps a vi
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Original Story by: jed Power
Year:
2022
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Having heard all the evidence presented, I have made a decision. The Judge scans the room and his gaze lands on Eddie and Derwood.

Judge (somberly)

Edward Hoar and Derwood Doller, as I have found you both guilty of all charges against you,I sentence you both to three years imprisonment at Concord State Prison.

Gasps from the spectators and Eddie shrieks. James Connally (whispering to his clients) Don’t worry, we’ll appeal.

DERWOOD:

I’m worried and it’s this a**holes

fault. You did it to me again, Eddie.

Derwood punches Eddie hard on the top of hi arm. Eddie rocks on his feet but manages to remain standing.

JUDGE:

Get these men out of my courtroom

and into their ride to their new home.

EXT. COURTHOUSE - DAY

The court officers throw Eddie and Derwood into the open back of a paddy wagon, then slam the door shut. On the side of the vehicle in large ketters--”Concord State Prison.” Through the barred window can be heard Eddie and Derwood shouting abuse at each other.

AS THE PRISON WAGON STARTS UP, EDDIE GRABS THE WINDOW BARS ,TRYING TO SHAKE THEM AND SHOUTING HYSTERICALLY.

EDDIE:

Help! Help! He’s gonns kill me.

DERWOOD (LOUDLY)

I won’t have to. (MORE)

(CONTINUED)

22.

CONTINUED:

Eddie howls loudly and pitifully. As the prison truck pulls away.

The scene fades to black as they drive away.

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jed Power

After suffering a massive stroke, renowned crime fiction author, Jed Power, overcame his paralysis and wrote the eighth book in the acclaimed Dan Marlowe/Hampton Beach, NH, Crime/Mystery series. At the same time, Power completed a Pilot episode adapting the first book in the series,”The Boss of Hampton Beach,”into a one-hour TV Series. Power has also completed a half-hour TV Pilot dramedy, “A Stroke of Luck” based on his stroke journey. Log line—When a cynical, failed novelist suffers a disabling stroke and fears he has lost everything, his only hope of regaining any type of meaningful life comes from his quirky, yet courageous, fellow patients at a rehab hospital for the brain-damaged. Think MASH upside down with the patients the primary characters and the staff as secondary. Power Also has created a half- hour comedy series. “The adventures of Eddie & Derwood” Eddie Hoar and Derwood Doller are two bumbling, low-life beach hustlers based on characters from his crime Series. Power is now looking for a Manager, Agent or producer to help with any or all these projects. Power admits that writing after a stroke had major obstacles. “Typing with one finger was the least of it,” Power said. He continued, “It brought me confidence though, just getting it done. In my eyes anyhow, it was an accomplishment.” CONTACT: To learn more about Jed Power, the Dan Marlowe/Hampton Beach, NH, series, his proposed TV/Film adaptations, or to arrange an interview, please contact: Email: jedpower@verizon.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Jed-Power/ Phone: 978-979-2371 more…

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