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THE ARRANGEMENT
By Richard Recco
The Arrangement reimagines the NYPD’s elite Detective Borough Command as a modern-day mafia, where commanders run their special units like crime families — fusing the crime wars of The Godfather, the corruption of Training Day, and the institutional decay of The Wire.
SYNOPSIS:
SEASON 1:
There’s major heat in Brooklyn, and the Top Shields are beginning to question Commander Cillian Maxi’s ability to run their city’s underworld criminal empire known as The Arrangement. Street money is frozen, and tensions are rising now that Narcotics Detective Vincent Terranova has been suspended pending a criminal investigation by Internal Affairs — while his partner, Terrell Jackson, sits in lockup after a botched drug bust and now threatens to release incriminating files that could bring the entire Arrangement down.
But the pressure on Brooklyn is all part of a larger plan — hatched by the power-hungry Queens Commander Ramona Ruiz — to weaken Maxi and seize control of one of his key assets: the Newtown Creek port.
Using blackmail and political leverage, Ruiz steers a $1.9 billion federal fund toward the port’s revitalization project — a deal she tells the Top Shields can’t move forward unless she controls the territory.
The problem: Maxi’s the 800-pound gorilla. He runs Newtown Creek, and he’s far too powerful to beat in a fair fight—he’ll have to be finessed. With the Mayor and Commissioner depending on that funding to prop up the city’s pension shortfall, they quietly align with Ruiz in a covert war to take Maxi down a few notches — so Ruiz can be crowned The Arrangement’s first female shot-caller and Queen of the city.
The entire first season is complete — ten one-hour episodes — and are available upon request.
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Richard Recco I’ve read the log line, and the concept is truly amazing mind-blowing, even! I’m a big fan of action, thriller, and crime-based stories. Best wishes!
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Thank you so much, Vamsi Tankala
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The Arrangement sounds interesting, Richard Recco. I'd definitely watch this series!
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