The High School Reunion (working title)

[Matthew James]

The HIGH SCHOOL
REUNION

Life it can lead us down many paths and towards many people, but the one place it will always call us, is home. Five friends who left home after high school to follow there dreams return home for their five year reunion, much has changed in there lives and dreams have slowly faded away but the one thing that remains the same is the bond the five friends share with not only each other but there hometown of Seaside, Colorado.

STARRING
STEPHAN COLLETTI
JOHHNY LEWIS
CHYLER LEIGH
TRISTIAN WILDS
and MAGGIE GRACE

CHARACTERS

Noah Cassidy - (portrayed by Stephan Colletti) - The son of the chief of police, Noah's upbringing hasnt exactly been easy as his father has seen a lot on the street and refuses to let his son to fall into the wrong crowd. The five years Noah has spent away from his friends has been hard for him and is looking forward to seeing them. He is also best friends with Zack and has had feelings for Grace for as long as he can remember but refuses to act on them due to his close friendship with Zack.

Zack Kelly (Portrayed by Johnny Lewis) -- Noah's best friend and the clown of the group, Zack has found some success in the video game industry and plays game's for a living. He is kind and protective of the people around him he cares very much for his sister and friends. He currently lives in L.A with Claire who he dated briefly after high school and is still in love with.

Grace Kelly (Portrayed by Chyler Leigh) - An aspiring lawyer, Grace left her home town of Seaside Hills, Colorado for Washington and met her fiancee, Steve. Who is not only secretly cheating on her with her best friend but is also abusive. As a result the young lawyer has turned to a life of drugs in hopes of easing her pain, she hopes her trip back to her home town will remind her of the girl she used to be.

Drew Lewis (Portrayed by Tristian Wilds) - During high school, Drew once dreamed of becoming pro surfer. Though after he and Noah were involved in a hit and run accident, Drew's dreams were robbed from him. As a result an angry and bitter Drew was somewhat left behind and remained in Seaside as his friends moved away.

Claire Hadley - (Portrayed by Maggie Grace) - The popular one and occasional troublemaker of the group, after High School Claire moved to L.A with hopes of becoming a movie star, though her dreams quickly faded, and is now running the reunion committee with the hopes of being seen as popular once again instead of being seen as a wash out. She is also currently having an affair with Grace's fiancee, Steve, a fact which is trying to keep secret from the group and especially Grace.

EPISODES

01x01 - Homeward bound
Five years after there graduations a group of friends return to there small home town of Seaside, Colorado. Though much has remained the same in the small town, much has changed; Claire and Drew prepare the school for the graduates as Noah makes an important decision about his future.

01x02 - Stay or Go
With the news that Noah has decided to remain in Seaside, it makes the others graduates question there own future. Drew stumbles upon Claire's secret and Grace ponders opening her own practice in Seaside.

01x03 - Secrets
As Noah must heads back to Seattle to tie up loose ends, Grace and Drew follow. Back in Seaside, Claire must make an importance decision about her affair.

NOTE: This is an idea i've been having for a while now after having a conversation with a friend about how there isn't really a drama show out there about young middle class people who are more or less failing at there dreams which is a very real common thing, T.V shows set us up to believe that we can reach for the stars and succeed, most shows are about kids becoming famous, trying to be famous. Though I'll admit there are a few shows out there about the extreme opposite.

I wanted to show that it's okay to dream and have those dreams come crashing down around you and it doesn't mean your failing at life it just means your growing up. Because the truth is life rarely works out the way we thought it would when we were in high school, and at it's core I think that's what I want this show to be all about.

[Jay Paterson]

I actually really like this idea. When i first started reading this i thought i was going to be a sitcom but clearly i was wrong. I like the fact that its not about young kids achieving their dreams and about been there 'tried' that, or failed. Its not been done that much, well not that i know of so it seems original enough to me. All the characters seem really interesting especially drew considering he never even got the chance to attempt his dream due to the car accident, and became bitter, so i want to see how having all his friends back will affect him.

The only thing i'm not to sure on is the title, but i know its a working title so i hope you come up with something that works better long term.

Looking forward to seeing more from this pitch, i would like to see more episode summaries.

[Matthew James]

Thanks Jay, I have to completely agree with you on the title. Originally I was just going to name it Reunion, but when I was working on casting I discovered Chyler Leigh appeared in a short lived series called Reunion. And I was like damn it!

As for what you mentioned about the type of show it was I just want to show that life rarely if ever turns out the way we hoped it would when we were 17 or 18.

And I plan to put more summaries soon

[Matthew James]

It's funny how you can read something a billion times and not notice you screwed up words, Drew dreamed of becoming a PRO SURFER - not a style, wth was I thinking...