Bastard Factory: The Sitcom--Pilot Episode

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“BASTARD FACTORY”

Pilot Episode:

“You’re Fired Again”

Open

INT. BASTARD FACTORY STUDIOS – EXECUTIVE FLOOR – MORNING

The office looks like a luxury hotel designed by someone going through three divorces simultaneously.

Assistants sprint through the hallway carrying scripts, coffee, and emotional trauma.

Inside the giant glass office, FLYNN (late 30s, sharp, terrifyingly competent, devastatingly attractive) is on three phones at once.

FLYNN: No, we cannot reboot Casablanca as a TikTok dance competition (Heartbeat)
Actually hold on—who’s attached?

She hangs up. Immediately another line rings.

FLYNN: If the actor’s tiger has a trailer bigger than the writers again, I’m calling OSHA and PETA on Fashionista.

The office doors BURST OPEN.

Enter BASTARD FACTORY himself.

60s. Former action star. Sunglasses indoors. Silk robe under a trench coat. Holding a margarita at 9:04 AM.

BASTARD FACTORY: FLYNN!

Everyone in the office freezes.

BASTARD FACTORY: You’re fired.

Nobody reacts anymore.

Flynn calmly signs paperwork.

FLYNN: Morning to you too, tequila Batman.

BASTARD FACTORY: You embarrassed me at poker last night.

FLYNN: You tried to pay your debt with autographed headshots.

BASTARD FACTORY: Collectors value those!

FLYNN: The casino framed one as evidence.

BASTARD FACTORY points dramatically.

BASTARD FACTORY: Security! Escort her out!

Two security guards appear.

Chew The Fat: Again?

Gary From Grindr: Should we wait ten minutes this time?

BASTARD FACTORY: OUT!

Flynn stands.

FLYNN: Fine. Have fun running a studio with the human equivalent of LinkedIn spam emails.

She gestures toward ALTICUS and JACK standing nearby.

ALTICUS wears an expensive suit from Walmart.

JACK looks like a failed youth pastor turned out.

ALTICUS: We can handle operations.

JACK: Absolutely. Flynn creates a toxic atmosphere.

FLYNN: Jack, your hairline filed for separation.

Jack instinctively covers his forehead.

JACK: Low blow.

FLYNN: Not as low as your employee approval rating.

She exits.

SMASH CUT TO:

TITLE CARD: “BASTARD FACTORY”

ACT ONE INT. EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM – LATER

Alticus and Jack lead a meeting disastrously.

A presentation screen reads:

“NEW VISION FOR BASTARD FACTORY STUDIOS”

Subheading:
“CONTENT IS KING. WE ARE THE KING.”

ALTICUS: We need younger audiences.

JACK: More edgy.

ALTICUS: More authentic.

A PRODUCER raises a hand.

Fredricka: Your new superhero movie is about a sentient vape pen.

JACK: Exactly. Viral.

Fredricka: It killed three interns during testing.

ALTICUS: Innovation requires sacrifice.

The room stares.


INT. BASTARD’S OFFICE

Bastard Factory watches horse racing while getting a spray tan.

His assistant rushes in.

Diego: Sir, our stock dropped twelve percent.

BASTARD FACTORY: That’s impossible. I tweeted “movies are back.”

Diego: You spelled movies with two B’s and a gun emoji.

Bastard Factory thinks.

BASTARD FACTORY: That is powerful branding.

INT. BREAK ROOM

Employees panic.

Coffee machine sparks violently.

Flynn enters carrying a box of her belongings.

Everyone GASPS hopefully.

X: Please tell me you’re not actually leaving.

Fredricka: Jack just approved a six-part documentary about himself.

The Cuntess: Alticus replaced HR with “vibe evaluations.”

Flynn pauses.

FLYNN: How bad?

Reggie Essent: A PA got fired for “walking with limiting energy.”

Flynn closes her eyes.

FLYNN: I leave for forty minutes and Lord Farquaad starts a cult.
 
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ACT TWO INT. HALLWAY

Enter WIZER.

Mid-60's. Expensive suit. Pharmaceutical consultant. Calm, smug, and enjoys psychological warfare recreationally.

He carries a leather briefcase and an aura of “I charge by the sigh.”

WIZER: Ah. Alticus and Jack. The before-and-after photos for stress eating.

JACK: What are you doing here?

WIZER: My pharmaceutical company is considering product placement opportunities.

Looks around.

WIZER: Judging by the morale here, antidepressants are a natural fit.

Flynn smirks.

FLYNN: Wizer.

WIZER: Flynn. Nice to see the only adult still employed.

Jack scoffs.

JACK: We’re running this studio just fine.

Wizer notices a hallway poster.

It reads:

“FAST & FURIOUS 19: ELECTRIC GRANDMA”

WIZER: Oh good. Alzheimer’s finally gets a cinematic universe.

Alticus fumes.

ALTICUS: You consultants think you’re smarter than everyone.

WIZER: No. We invoice accordingly.

INT. EXECUTIVE FLOOR

Chaos.

A llama runs through the hallway.

Intern ESAD is crying beside a smoking printer.

Jack chases someone yelling.

JACK: WHO ORDERED TWELVE THOUSAND STUDIO-BRANDED FIDGET SPINNERS?!

INTERN ESAD: YOU DID!

JACK: WHY WOULD YOU LET ME DO THAT?!

INT. BASTARD’S OFFICE

Bastard is drunk, playing online blackjack.

Flynn storms in.

FLYNN: Your studio is collapsing.

BASTARD FACTORY: Good news then. I’m rebooting collapsing.

FLYNN: Alticus approved three movies without scripts.

BASTARD FACTORY: Scripts are elitist.

FLYNN: Jack tried to replace accounting with NFTs.

Bastard Factory pauses.

BASTARD FACTORY: …Did it work?

FLYNN: You owe catering eighty thousand dollars in Dildo Coin.

Bastard sighs deeply.

BASTARD FACTORY: Fine.

(Heartbeat)

You’re rehired.

FLYNN: You fired me this morning.

BASTARD FACTORY: And look how much I’ve grown since then.

FLYNN: You’re wearing two different shoes.

He looks down.

BASTARD FACTORY: Fashion is risk.

ACT THREE INT. MAIN OFFICE – AFTERNOON

Flynn retakes command instantly.

FLYNN: Cancel the vape superhero movie.

LotusBud: Already trending online.

FLYNN: Fine. Kill it quietly.

She points.

FLYNN: Freeze Jack’s spending access.

JACK: You can’t do that!

FLYNN: Yesterday you expensed “executive crystals.”

JACK: They improve leadership frequencies.

FLYNN: You cried because one was cold.

Employees snicker.

Alticus steps forward smugly.

ALTICUS: You think insulting everyone makes you a leader?

Flynn leans in.

FLYNN: No. Competence does. The insults are a hobby.

The office erupts in applause.

Alticus storms off.

Immediately slips on a promotional fidget spinner.

CRASH.
 
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INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – NIGHT

Everyone exhausted.

Flynn sits at the head of the table.

Bastard Factory enters eating shrimp from a ziplock bag.

BASTARD FACTORY: Good work today, team.

FLYNN: You spent six hours trying to fight a valet.

BASTARD FACTORY: He knew what he did.

Wizer enters holding reports.

WIZER: Your studio survived another day.

BASTARD FACTORY: Thanks to me.

Everyone stares.

WIZER: That sentence should be studied by neurologists.

Jack mutters under his breath.

JACK: I hate all of you.

FLYNN: Get in line. Even your mirrors quit.

Jack sighs.

Alticus, bruised and furious, points at Flynn.

ALTICUS: One day Bastard Factory will finally realize you’re the problem.

Long silence.

Everyone slowly turns toward Bastard Factory, who is now attempting to light a cigar with a scented candle.

The candle explodes slightly.

BASTARD FACTORY: WHY IS FIRE SO ANGRY NOW?!

Flynn deadpans to camera.

FLYNN: And that’s why I drink.

FREEZE FRAME.

END OF PILOT