Premise
What happens when a disgraced ex-beauty queen turns to her judge-y, estranged half-sister for support . . . and a job? Welcome Imogen, the newest – and roughest – standardized patient at Pincus College of Medicine! Standardized Patients, or SP’s, are actors for medical students who teach them communications skills. So fun! She’s ready to jump in, but swapping her evening gown for a hospital gown isn’t quite what she signed up. Her new boss of a sister seems determined to watch her fail. And her other boss, disaster-boy Jake, needs to get his awkward crush under control. Ugh, stepping outside her selfish bubble and thinking of others is, like, so much harder than she thought.
Format
Mis(s)Communication is a serialized show set in the Clinical Skills Department of Pincus College of Medicine, a bottom-of-the-barrel school for the doctors of tomorrow. Each three-to-five- minute episode builds on the previous, making the show innately bingeable, and the seasons move fast with five episodes each. The quick format allows for on-demand convenience and also creates the feeling of things rushing ahead, just like how our character’s lives are moments away from spinning out of control. Mis(s)Communication will be available on streaming platforms such as YouTube and Vimeo.
CHaracters
Imogen Riley - 20s, plucky but self-centered. An ex-beauty pageant queen who accidentally becomes the medical school’s newest standardized patient after becoming the laughing stock of the pageant world and desperately needing a job.
Jake Reynolds - late 20s, a well-meaning mess. The standardized patient program director. He lacks motivation, but his instant crush on Imogen has him willing to do anything to help her.
Samantha Nicole Charles - late 20s, snobby and controlling. Jake’s right hand and the one who really runs things. She’s also Imogen’s estranged half-sister and, surprisingly, the one Imogen initially turns to for help.
Dr. Judith Reynolds - 50s, powerful and she knows it. Jake’s mother and the dean of the school. She’s the one with final say over the program and his life. A womanizer who’s gotten away with it because she’s female.
Jessica Guber - 20s, aloof medical student who struggles with empathy.
Brett - 20s, detached and over it. A medical student who thinks all SP's are out to get him.
Allison - 20s, a disaster of a medical student.
Dave - 20s. A bumbling medical student who lacks confidence. And a clipboard. And his stethoscope....
Host - 40s, male, distinguished. The beauty pageant emcee who asks Imogen interview questions.
Jake Reynolds - late 20s, a well-meaning mess. The standardized patient program director. He lacks motivation, but his instant crush on Imogen has him willing to do anything to help her.
Samantha Nicole Charles - late 20s, snobby and controlling. Jake’s right hand and the one who really runs things. She’s also Imogen’s estranged half-sister and, surprisingly, the one Imogen initially turns to for help.
Dr. Judith Reynolds - 50s, powerful and she knows it. Jake’s mother and the dean of the school. She’s the one with final say over the program and his life. A womanizer who’s gotten away with it because she’s female.
Jessica Guber - 20s, aloof medical student who struggles with empathy.
Brett - 20s, detached and over it. A medical student who thinks all SP's are out to get him.
Allison - 20s, a disaster of a medical student.
Dave - 20s. A bumbling medical student who lacks confidence. And a clipboard. And his stethoscope....
Host - 40s, male, distinguished. The beauty pageant emcee who asks Imogen interview questions.
