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Shrader House
pilot episode
USA 2013
produced by Jamie Zevallos, Leila Almas, Gerald L. Whaley, Lyndon Brown (executive) for Inn-A-Circle Productions
directed by Jack Bank
starring Dominic Elliott-Spencer, Gerald L. Whaley, Shahrooz Nateghi, David St. Louis, Danielle Jacobs, Sharon Gardner, Alfred E. Rutherford, Cole, Cedric Lorell, Jessica Morris, Mario D'Leon, Jaime Zevallos, Anthony Gaudioso, Matthew Abe, Jack Bank, James Gaudioso, Leila Almas, Gregory Vahanian, Alton Demore, Eric St. John, Bryan McKinley, Lyndon Brown
written and created by Gerald L. Whaley
TV-pilot Shrader House
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Brooklyn, New York: Troy Daniels (Dominic Elliott Spencer) got arrested
for carrying a gun. The arresting cops make this a gang-related crime, and
sure, Troy had gang-relations ... but he never had the ambition to become
a gangster - but what can you do if your mother (Cole) fails to overcome
her drug addiction, your brother (Cedric Lorell) just loves the gangster
lifestyle, and gang leader UN (Gerald L. Whatey) is a permanent
houseguest. So yeah, an arrest was bound to happen, but what's worse,
Troy's brother got shot during the arrest under shady circumstances. This
being his first offense, Troy doesn't stay in a juvenile correctional
facility for too long but is sent to Shrader House, a group home for
troubled youth ... where he has the hardest time to adjust - and yet it
might be the best chance he has, because outside UN is already planning to
get rid of him for good, while the corrupt political system is already
mulling over closing Shrader House down (to sell the property for a profit
of course) and sending those who deserve a second chance back to the
penitentiary where they surely won't get it ... Shrader
House is one of these pilots that most certainly deserves to be picked
up, basically because it manages to tell its story in an engaging yet not
clichéed way, manages to pack its agenda and message into a structured
and interesting narrative made up of several loosely linked storyarcs, and
it manages to not just create a myriad of cliffhangers but give its main
story a proper finish while still keeping it expandable. Add to this a
directorial effort that really captures the proper Brooklyn atmosphere so
important for the story, and a very decent cast, and you've got something
you want to see more off! Recommended.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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