Disguised as a domino club, a team of elderly eccentrics rally to save the world through random acts of environmental terrorism.

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SITCOM SERIES TITLE: The Domino Club

PILOT TITLE: “Onward through the Fog”

WRITTEN BY: Marla Dean

GENRE: Comedy

ABOUT THE CHARACTERS (Club Members): late sixties or seventies in age

Louise Scranton: a spitfire on a walker, widowed four times, each husband richer than the last

Dorothy Machado: fabled fashion editor, hypochondriac, as many face lifts as divorces

George Barrows: retired Classics professor, prissy, paranoid, and determined

Charlie Stone: Ex-football coach, demolition expert in Nam, suffers from early stage dementia and hearing loss, good natured

The General: retired military commander, always on red freedom scooter, tells war stories at inappropriate times, takes no prisoners

Secondary characters: Grace, the socially awkward care giver for Louise; Ramone, Dorothy’s driver and sometimes lover; and Jimmy, the big ideas doorman.

SITCOMS LIKE IT IN STYLE OR TONE: The Big Bang Theory, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Arrested Development

ABOUT THE SERIES: The members of a senior citizen domino club have planned their first act of environmental terrorism every Thursday night for six years in an upper eastside apartment in New York City. As their numbers dwindled due to old age, the remaining five environmentalists realize it is now or never. They must put their plans into action if they ever want to make their mark on the world before they leave it. Their first mission is to blow up the largest oil pipe line in America.

The problems are their demolition expert is suffering from early stage dementia and is hard of hearing; the first target location is in a desolate and hard to reach area of Montana; their leader is confined to a freedom scooter; their communication specialist has difficulty with modern technology; and they are really old and cranky. Undaunted they forge ahead. Travel plans are complete, tracks covered, and their matching outfits purchased for their first mission. All that is left is a practice run in Queens. If it is successful, they will complete their operation in Montana in one week.

The series is an ensemble comedy and character driven, but the oil pipe line is just the beginning as these activists plot and carry out one ludicrous mission after another with surprising success in a world which considers them powerless. They remain anonymous despite their best efforts. Life’s surprises, relationships in conflict, mini-catastrophes and eye opening adventures create a rich environment for comedy and satire.

PILOT SYNOPSIS: The pilot begins in Dorothy’s once luxurious and severely faded upper eastside apartment. It is the final Thursday night before the team blows up a condemned building in Queens to test their skills. George is reading a newspaper angrily and is annoyed. Charlie, holding a shoe box under one arm, is searching for something. The apartment is seemingly empty except for the professor and ex-coach. George fumes about punctuality and irresponsibility. Charlie confesses he has lost the bomb and thinks he might have left it in the cab. George goes crazy. The coach accidently shatters Dorothy’s priceless antique vase and then realizes he had the bomb all along in the shoe box under his arm. Both men are suddenly terrified when George hears a noise in the apartment and shifts into combat mode. George (who doesn’t believe in guns) is prepared with a machete to take out whoever is spying on them. Louise, clomps into the room and surprises her team. A huge argument concerning security erupts

The General, stern and in charge, arrives on his red freedom scooter. Maps and final plans are laid out as Louise washes down her meds with a martini and George fusses. Dorothy, enters with a flourish and her doorman, Jimmy overloaded with packages. The team frantically conceals their true purpose and quickly turns the room back into a domino game. After getting rid of the doorman Dorothy displays their matching Unitards for their upcoming mission in Montana. Charlie shows everyone the bomb for the practice run and Dorothy finds out her priceless antique was destroyed. Louise points the finger at George and Dorothy attacks.

The next morning finds George and The General in the Park in Queens across from a condemned and dilapidated building. They are struggling with a borrowed iPad and can’t understand it is in selfie mode. George talks to Charlie who is down the street on a Walkie-Talkie, but there is much confusion because of his hearing challenge. The girls are dressed to the nines walking casually down the street in front of the target building and having a big argument. The General has begun filming. Charlie takes a bathroom break. George is losing his mind. The girls are past the building as Louise attempts to text the all clear to Charlie. A jogger appears from out of nowhere and Dorothy tackles him. George tries to abort the mission. Louise continues down the street and finally completes her call. Charlie detonates and the building explodes in a ball of flame and smoke. The General deems the practice run a success. The team moves into silent mode and will meet up in Montana at Yellowstone Park in five days.