A struggling American entrepreneur enlists a compromised young woman to help him realize his ambitions in China, with unintended global consequences.

SYNOPSIS:

PALO ALAMO is a one hour character-driven drama set at the intersection of family dysfunction and geopolitics.

Jason Harris is an ambitious young businessman who’s trying to close a life-changing deal between a New Zealand vineyard and a Chinese investment firm. But personally, he’s a mess. As if surviving the pandemic while caring for his ailing father wasn't hard enough, the recurring nightmares and physical scars he bears from his abusive childhood still affect his relationships - and judgement - today.

Amy Overman works part-time as Jason’s researcher and translator for the Chinese deal while attending grad school, but their personal relationship is complicated. As we meet them, Jason is figuring out that he wants more, while Amy realizes that she needs Jason’s help with a much bigger problem of her own - one with life or death consequences...

Amy is deeply connected to mysterious figures back in China. We discover that her deceased father was more than a diplomat, and Amy inherited his friends and their problems as well as custody of lots of their money. To save her second family, she’ll have to risk not only Jason’s dream, but the future and freedom of everyone involved, too.

COMPS: Ozark, Industry, Succession