01
The protagonist
Mac Allen
Therapist · Father · Gambling Addict
He reads every tell, contradiction, and wound—except his own. Mac mistakes empathy for power until the people he loves begin paying the price.
Tell MeAbout ItOne-Hour Crime / Psychological Thriller
SemifinalistNashville Film FestivalScreenwriting Competition2026
Overall WinnerFilmmaticDrama Screenplay Awards2026
Quarter-FinalistThe PAGE Awards2026
Best TV ScriptThe WikiScreenplay Contest2026
Best Series Pilot ScriptCannesWorld Film Festival2026
Winner — Best TV ScriptHollywood Just4ShortsBest TV ScriptJuly 2026
Semi-FinalistFade In Awards2026
FinalistMelbourne InternationalScreenplay Awards2026
FinalistBerlin InternationalScreenwriting Festival2026
Quarter-FinalistSan Francisco Int’lScreenwriting and Film Awards2026
FinalistCannes Script2026
To save his six year old daughter from the mob, a gambling-addicted therapist with a gift for getting anyone to tell the truth must crack a Macau casino kingpin — but every confession costs him someone he loves.
In this game, truth isn’t power. It’s leverage — and the more you uncover, the deeper you sink.
01 / The series
The Series
A therapist with a gambler’s instincts, he opens doors for others while slamming shut his own. When a mob boss threatens his only child, Ruby, Mac is forced into Macau to “treat” Ho Chan — the blind, enigmatic casino magnate who may be the most dangerous patient of all.
The weekly engine
- Each episode brings a new secret.
- Every truth shifts power between the casino, the mob, and the FBI.
- Every revelation draws Mac closer to finding Tina Flynn.
- Every confession comes at a cost.
Every secret he uncovers, a new one takes its place. Every traitor he exposes creates another suspect.
02 / The players
Key Characters
Mac sees what they hide. They learn what he cannot see in himself.
02
The mirror
Ho Chan
Casino Magnate · Mentor · Monster
A blind king fighting to hold his empire. Chan sees Mac as the perfect weapon, the son he never had, and the one man who may understand him.
03
The threat
Jimmy Flynn
Mob Boss · Captor
Paralyzed but never powerless. Flynn knows exactly which lever moves Mac: people tell the truth faster when they are afraid.
04
The one Mac can't read
Maria Garcia
FBI Negotiator · Former Love
A gifted negotiator trapped between duty and love, still deciding whether saving Mac means losing herself.
05
The anchor
Edwin Lee
Driver · Protector · Friend
The one person in Macau who never asks Mac to become someone else. His yellow socks carry a grief Mac notices too late.
06
The lifeline
Chief Adamo
LAPD chief · Mac's lifeline
Mac's tether to home and to the law—the call he makes when Macau closes in.
07
The clock
Tina Flynn
The Missing Girl
The one patient Mac could never un-see. She trusted him with the truth, then vanished. She writes to Mac in purple.
03 / Three-season arc
Three-Season Arc
Ten episodes per season. Will Mac lose his soul and the ones he loves, or discover his gift can save it?
01
Season One
The Gift
Mac thinks his gift makes him powerful.
Sent to Macau under competing orders from the mob and the FBI, Mac enters Ho Chan’s casino empire convinced he can read every player. But the deeper he moves through its hidden loyalties, the more his greatest skill begins to look like his most dangerous gamble.
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Season Two
The Debt
Mac realizes his gift makes him dangerous.
With old enemies still reaching into Macau and every alliance carrying a price, Mac is pulled deeper into Chan’s world. As his choices endanger the few people who still trust him, he must confront whether understanding someone gives him the right to use them.
03
Season Three
The Reckoning
Mac learns to use his gift without destroying people.
War closes in from every side as Mac’s family, Chan’s empire, and Maria’s future collide. To survive, Mac must decide whether his gift will remain a weapon of control—or become the one thing that can lead everyone he loves out.
The Festival and Contest Circuit
An award-winning one-hour pilot recognized across international screenwriting competitions in 2026.
- Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition — Semifinalist 2026
- Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards — Overall Winner 2026
- The PAGE Awards — Quarter-Finalist 2026
- The Wiki Screenplay Contest — Best TV Script 2026
- Cannes World Film Festival — Best Series Pilot Script 2026
- Hollywood Just4Shorts — Winner — Best TV Script July 2026
- Fade In Awards — Semi-Finalist 2026
- Melbourne International Screenplay Awards — Finalist 2026
- Berlin International Screenwriting Festival — Finalist 2026
- San Francisco Int'l Screenwriting and Film Awards — Quarter-Finalist 2026
- Cannes Script — Finalist 2026
05 / Creator · Writer · Actor
JackMaxwell
Host of Booze Traveler (Travel Channel, 4 seasons, 50+ countries). Jack’s real-life experience getting strangers to open up informs Mac’s rare gift — and the uneasy intimacy at the heart of the series.
Booze TravelerTravel Channel · 4 seasons · 50+ countries
06 / Original title track
Tell Me About It
Original Theme Song
“Tell Me About It” – Written and Produced by MICHAEL JOHN MONTELONGO.
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Tell Me About ItWritten and produced by Michael John Montelongo