Genre: Dramatic Thriller
Characters:
Michael Cornelius- devoted romantic codependent husband suffering from anxiety and mood disorders who works on behavioral analysis at the local police department
Pam Cornelius- indifferent adulterous wife of Michael
Rob Mathers- abusive self-involved "lover" of Pam
Dr. Rubes- marriage counselor who views Michael as unstable, controlling and paranoid (dramatic part with situational irony bringing mild dark comic relief)
Bob Lennon- forensic scientist who is Michael's friend and helps him find the the real murderer
Dylan McCartney- sketch artist friend who helps Michael
Plot: Pam leaves loving husband Michael for Rob who later kills Pam and frames Michael, after being acquitted Michael sets off to find Rob.
Scene 1) Mike takes Pam to a picnic where their first date was to commemorate their anniversary early but Pam nags about what a lousy date this is and shows no sentiment
Scene 2) Next day at the marriage counselor Dr Rubes takes Pam's side viewing Mike as controlling and self involved making her go out on a date she obviously disliked
Scene 3) Mike sets the apartment for a romantic anniversary dinner but Pam comes home early with Rob and divorce papers, alone he contemplates suicide with a half hearted attempt but goes to the secluded park earlier seen to clear his head
Scene 4) Mike at the park hears screams and not knowing who it is he gets out his Swiss army knife and jumps through the bushes to where the screams are coming from and finds Rob stabbing Pam, Rob runs off quick scared Mike tries to calm his wife no phone or first aid kit he can't help
Scene 5) Rob calls anonymously from his cell phone the cops giving Michael's description as the killer and the exact location and a physical description of the victim
Scene 6) Soon after arriving home to his apartment the cops come and arrest him knowing his description and his relation to the victim
Scene 7) The only physical evidence is the blood soaked Swiss army knife he dropped by Pam and picked back up when he left
Scene 8) Mike is given a defense attorney
Scene 9) Arraignment with a plea of not guilty to murder in the first degree
Scene 10) Cop who received the description takes the stand for the prosecution
Scene 11) Dr. Rubes takes the stand for prosecution testifying to Mike's psychological profile
Scene 12) Bob Lennon takes the stand for the defense
Scene 13) Mike takes the stand for himself
Scene 14) Final arguments
Scene 15) Mike is acquitted due to his knife being insufficient to the stab wounds of Pam
Scene 16) Mike fired from the police force due not to the accusation but due to the publicity of Dr. Rubes testimony
Scene 17) Mike vows to find Rob knowing only his physical description and his name vaguely
Scene 18) Bob Lennon and Dylan McCartney offer their help
Scene 19) Dylan makes a sketch based on Mike's memory helping him reconstruct the memory
Scene 20) Bob goes through a list of sex offenders trying to find one to match the picture
Scene 21) Mike goes through the records to see about his last known whereabouts finds out about a car theft at the mall
Scene 22) Mike interviews the car owner
Scene 23) Mike interviews mall security
Scene 24) Look for a description of the vehicle reopening the cold case of car theft
Scene 25) They go to a house where the car has been only to find a businessman who's wife has been missing during a business trip
Scene 26) They find similar stories about where the car has been
Scene 27) Bob Lennon finds a hair at one house
Scene 28) Doing DNA testing finds out it doesn't match either the husband or wife
Scene 29) Neighbors attest to a man of Rob's description entering the house with the wife who has disappeared
Scene 30) They find out from a neighbor that Rob lives in an apartment complex he owns
Scene 31) Mike asks the police for a warrant for Rob Mathers but instead try to arrest Mike on trespassing, harassing and wrongful detention laws on the part of the interviewees but no one presses charges
Scene 32) Mike, Bob and Dylan go to Rob's apartment anyway armed and Rob shuts Mike Cornelius before the cops come
Scene 33) A psychoanalysis of Rob determines Rob is not legally insane or psychotic was capable of standing trial they profile his power motif of seducing and killing married women a la Boston Strangler
Scene 34) Knowing the likelihood of a conviction Rob plea bargains guilty for thirty years with a chance of parole in five years
