The Pilot.
Take it to the Limit/Life in the Fast Lane With the Witchy Woman
The Pilot opens with exciting flash-forward scenes. It’s midnight on the Hollywood strip. The worst lightning storm in a millennium has just shut down the entire power grid leaving all SOCAL in the dark. Jets have been scrambled from March AFB due to the possibility of an alien invasion, as “weirdness” has been recorded by TMZ over Mount Olympus in the Hollywood hills. Establishing shot is the Villain’s Lair (1967 Mount Olympus Dr.)
People in LA are rioting against political inequity and the corrupt justice system. Molotov cocktails are being thrown at the precinct in Hollywood, even your next-door bodega is being lit up. Why? A reporter presents the news of Sparks and his arrest and wrongful conviction. People are angry, as more information has come in all leading to extreme corruption within the system, from cops on the beat all the way to the Governor’s office.
Who will save Sparks, the guy designated by the muses to write a new soundtrack for the next generation? Who will save this corrupt city from rotting to the core?
Our reluctant heroes, three hapless muses who watch over the decay and dystopian nightmare that LA has become. From their sensational lair up on Mount Olympus, they create a scheme to prove Sparks’ innocence while desperately (and humorously) attempting to inspire a new cadre of young musicians, producers, and songwriters to rise up and deliver a whole new vibe… the soundtrack for the next generation.
The first act takes us back a few months before the riots begin and introduces us one by one to each muse. They are commanded to inspire invisibly and leave quietly. Instead, they arrive in a lightening storm that shuts down SOCAL.
As they arrive, they get separated and manifest in Laguna, Sunset, and the Valley. But they know how to get back to each other. Mira finds Erika after learning more about the Sparks’ case and family history at a frequented dive bar, and she takes her to Sparks’ house in the Hollywood Hills. They have been sent down to earth to mend their relationship with the ancient Gods and this is their final last chance to get back. To succeed, they must help Sparks get off death row to actually WRITE and produce a new soundtrack for our next generation.
Backstory: Music—Witchy woman manifested at Spark’s Big Bear mansion on the lake. Here we show the embodiment of a woman (Sabrina Slash) with raven hair, ruby lips, and sparks flying from her finger tips… how Jeffery Thomas got his nickname, Sparks. She is beautiful, a coke whore, and Spark’s single alibi for the night of 4 of the gruesome serial kills. Sparks knows she used to be an escort for Mr. Franks but never realized the slut DA paid her off to recant her testimony. Unfortunately, she is paid but quickly killed so she never got to spend a dime of that blood money.
Prior: Zeliena (our beautiful Latina) is hiding from the unknown, until she runs into Sparks and his best friend Wolfe at the Troubadour around midnight. They offer her a room up in the lair and make her feel comfortable to join them in their journey. Sparks is ready to turn himself into the police. He feels he has a plan. They are tying the murders to his family, but to Sparks’ knowledge, they are nowhere to be seen in LA. However, Sparks didn’t take Detective Espinosa into consideration, a harsh and resentful man who had been waiting years to have personal revenge on Sparks. The shit turns ugly.
Sparks is taken to prison after a sham trial and now Zeliena and Wolfe team up to find a way to help Sparks get out of maximum on death row. Back at the lair, Mira and Erika discover how to get some of their powers back momentarily through musical notes that they summon by magic. Once Mira and Erika team up with Zeliena and Wolfe, they decide to write and release a new, Eagles driven protest song, one that can help the public find out about the harsh treatment that Sparks is receiving. They pick up on the line, “steely knives can’t kill the beast” from Hotel California.
On top of this, they enlist the help of friendly Detective Brenda Ackerman to do a little backstory sleuthing
and come across a revelation that indicates that the homicide department may actually be behind all these murders. It is all about the power of the music and it is in their hands. And just before the episode ends, the muses decide to stay on Earth to fix the mess and fight back against the corrupt justice system that only gets more powerful with time.
Walkoff song: Steely Knives Kill the Beast