She's Not Coming Home
Logline
Matt Gibbons' wife texts him that she is leaving work and will be home soon. One evening she never returns home. He calls her office, but nobody there has heard of her. Trying to trace her himself, he learns that his wife died in a car crash several years ago...
Genre
Drama,Mystery,Detective
Short Summary
Matt Gibbons is at home with his son, expecting his wife home any time soon. She texts that she is leaving her office, but never arrives home. Matt reports this to the police, but also searches himself. His search begins at her place of work, but nobody there has heard of her.
Matt has rescued his wife from her abductors, and she is in hospital. Her real identity has revealed her mother, and the story ends with Matt's son Nathan saying how cool it is to have two grandmothers.
Setting
Boston, New York
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Main Character Details
Name: Matthew Gibbons
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Desperate,Insecure,Lone Wolf,Empathetic,Engaging,Educated,Honorable,Selfless
Additional Character Details
Name: Lt Sam Weber
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Decisive,Empathetic,Faithful,Flexible,Unapologetic,Strong Moral Code,Skillful,Confident,Honorable,Selfless
Additional Character Details
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Development Pitch
This story is a mystery. Matthew Gibbons is a normal fanily man - an Everyman. He has a happy home life with his wife Ruth and son Nathan. As with most families, the Gibbons family has a routine, and their routine is that Ruth texts Matt when she leaves her office, and within an hour she is home. One night she never gets home. Eventually Matt reports her disappearance to the police, but also searches for her himself. He begins at her place of work, but nobody there knows her. As he continues his quest to find Ruth, he discovers more and more about her, and begins to feel that he never really knew her at all, up until her meets his mother-in-law, who tells him that his wife died in a car crash three years ago. This story would work best as a mini series or a standalone movie. The numerous pieces of information Matt discovers about Ruth prompt the question 'how can this be?' and a desire to undertake the quest with him to get an answer. When the denoument does come, it comes suddenly (after some teasing) and will leave audiences shocked at the explanation of who Ruth was, what happened to her, and who was the woman Matt married.