Author: Andrew Morra
‘Jonah’ establishment First 7 pages of Pilot
Logline and Brief Summary
Longline: “Jonah” is a six episode, dark-comedy, mini series, which follows a teenager who manifests multiple personalities as a defense mechanism to get through the hardships of high school.
Jonah Wheeler is a 17-year old high school junior. He has always struggled with making friends and does everything he can to simply “survive” high school. He does all in his power to keep his head down and ignore all the bad that goes on around him but everyone has their breaking point. After a week of embarrassing and uncomfortable situations, Jonah unknowingly manifests an alternate personality in the form of Jack. Jack is ultimately there to try and “help” Jonah’s life become a bit easier but as long as Jack remains as a presence, Jonah will encounter new forms of trouble.