A Screenburn Original · Rivals to lovers, private detectives · New
Divorce Detectives
Love between two private dicks
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Score 94 out of 100. Nothing below 80 carries this mark.
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- Cast size
- 12 speaking roles
- Locations
- 6
- Page count
- 217 pages
- Episodes
- 80
- Episode runtime
- About 120 seconds
- Total runtime
- 2 h 40 min
- Heat
- Fire. The same, more often and longer on the page. Still cut before the act.
- Genres and tropes
- Rivals to lovers, private detectives
- Language
- English
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- The full scriptAll 80 episodes, as PDF and Final Draft files.
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94out of 100
Screenburn Certified
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- Opening
- 95 (30%)The opening of episode one.
- Endings
- 98 (30%)The end of every episode.
- New information
- 90 (20%)How often each episode gives the viewer something new.
- Shape
- 92 (20%)How the tension builds across the season.
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Divorce Detectives
94/100
- Opening95
- Endings98
- New information90
- Shape92
Paywall-Ready · Retention-Graded · Binge-Certified
Written by Charles Kriel.
A Screenburn Original.
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Screening room
Divorce DetectivesEpisode one
Free to read · Charles Kriel · about 120 seconds on screen
INT. CONVENTION HALL - EXPO FLOOR - DAY
Fluorescent tubes buzz over rows of vendor booths. Hard noon sun whitens the glass lobby doors at the far end. A ceiling banner reads RENO DIVORCE TRADE EXPO. Lawyers and vendors in lanyards pack the aisle, all staring at one booth.
The booth's sign reads STERLING & MARSH INVESTIGATIONS, NEW YORK. ROBERT STERLING, 44, broad-shouldered and unshaven in rumpled navy linen, stands under it and flips a chipped silver Zippo across the knuckles of one hand.
REBECCA 'BECCA' VANCE, 37, a lean, sharp-chinned investigator in tailored silk, chews gum with her hand inside Robert's jacket. Robert's free hand clamps her wrist to his chest. Their faces sit inches apart. Her lanyard badge reads VANCE INVESTIGATIONS, BOOTH 41.
ROBERT
Wallet's on the left, Vance.
REBECCA
I'm not taking. I'm returning.
She draws her hand out. Between two fingers, a black transmitter the size of a shirt button.
REBECCA
(to the crowd)
I found it under my table. His booth faces mine.
Phones rise along the aisle.
ROBERT
Could be anyone's.
REBECCA
It's a cheap tape job. So, yours.
She reads his sign.
REBECCA
Sterling and Marsh. Which one are you? The one who bugs a woman's booth, or the one smart enough to leave?
The Zippo stops on his knuckles. His half-smile goes.
At the front of the crowd, GARRISON CROSS, 52, soft-bellied in a bespoke western suit and alligator boots, dabs his hairline with a monogrammed handkerchief and grins. A gray key fob with a small number display and an orange band hangs from his belt loop.
GARRISON
(to Robert)
First hour and you wired the competition? What do you charge?
Behind Garrison, SIOBHAN CROSS, 49, spine-straight with silver-blonde hair in a tight twist, crosses the aisle in tortoiseshell sunglasses. She never looks at Garrison. The same gray fob with the orange band swings from her purse.
Robert looks from Garrison's fob to the one on Siobhan's purse, then back at Rebecca. Two security guards shoulder through the crowd.
ROBERT
Fair's fair. Let's see what's under mine.
Rebecca stops chewing.
Robert lets go of her wrist, drops to one knee and reaches under his own table. A guard's hand lands on his shoulder.
End of episode one.
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