THE FISHBOWL

LOGLINE:

Inspired by true events, THE FISHBOWL is the namesake for a neighborhood and CRIP stronghold where its members and their pawns strategically moved millions of dollars worth of narcotics and guns weekly. This story is about the people trapped inside the grip of THE FISHBOWL and the one undercover cop who attempted to infiltrate and take down the entire operation.

SYNOPSIS:

Only one way in and one way out, THE FISHBOWL was impenetrable. A scooped- out hillside of curving streets in Fort Worth, TX, created the perfect vantage point for the CRIP gang to take over the neighborhood and build one of the largest dope and gun operations in the nation.

THE FISHBOWL is a one-hour drama series based on the gripping true story of this notorious neighborhood. As inspiring as it is heartbreaking, THE FISHBOWL draws from the countless real people and families trapped inside the violent neighborhood as well as the autobiography, LIFE IN THE FISHBOWL, by the one undercover cop who attempted to take it all down.

The world doesn’t need another cop show. It’s time to tell the story from a new perspective. TRAINING DAY meets SNOW ON THA BLUFF, THE FISHBOWL lives by an unnegotiable standard of grounded realism. In The Fishbowl, good versus bad is never black-and-white. And any perceived glamor of the game, an illusion. In The Fishbowl, the ones slinging the work and paying the price are rarely the bad guys. Instead they’re fathers, daughters, mothers and sons, scarified to preserve cashflow, quotas and headlines. Families trying to survive in The Fishbowl aren’t victims of their situation. They’re victims of the system. A system put in place and enforced by two shades of BLUE.

From the kingpins at the top to the twelve year old kids forced to make the decision to go to school or start slingin’ to feed their family. From the innocent people struggling to survive a violent neighborhood to the cops pouring gasoline on the fire. In The Fishbowl, surviving undercover means going in completely on your own to create the illusion of a multi- million dollar empire, using the meager budget of a fracturing municipal narc department. It depends on sheer wit, balls the size of Texas, mental toughness and most of all — PATIENCE. When millions of dollars worth of cash changes hands every day — trust takes a long fucking time.

The pilot begins like most of the ambitious young characters in our story: On the outskirts of the infamous neighborhood — eager to earn a way inside. Over three seasons, we will discover The Fishbowl is just one of many neighborhoods in east Fort Worth; all controlled by a phantom kingpin known only as, X. Compton-trained and strategically placed at his post by a CRIP organization akin to the modern day mafia, X and his top soldiers need to go — but at what cost?

The higher our characters and undercover cop climb, the closer we feel to an epic conclusion. Like two trains heading for collision, we both long to see the crash and pray it never happens. Fifty-one people will be arrested and charged as a result of the two year operation. Fifty-one fathers, daughters, mothers and sons. Characters we’ve grown to love and sometimes hate, yet forever feel profoundly connected with. Families who welcomed an undercover cop in as one of their own. And will remain unwilling to accept the reality of his betrayal — Even when sitting across from him in court.

In the end, X will go down and The Fishbowl will be safe for kids to play outside again. People will die. Families shattered. Children will be left without parents. Law enforcement will distribute medals. And some really dangerous people will go to prison. But the wreckage left in the wake of it all will leave us heartbroken, questioning and to wonder... Was it all worth it?