Rocks, Snakes and 
the Art of Desert Cooking 

Logline: A TV tabloid, talk-show host and a missing U.S. Senator embark upon a dangerous, desert journey that reveals a great secret wrapped in a deadly truth.

Working as a top-rated, afternoon, TV tabloid, talk show host, J.T. Steele lives on the edge - oblivious to the fact that he's close to losing all that's most precious to him. Formerly a successful network investigative reporter, J.T. traded his integrity for the more lucrative role of ring leader to a high-definition, freak act. After being injured in a fight during a live broadcast, J.T. decides he needs a short sabbatical. In the midst of an impromptu desert getaway, his car blows a tire on a deserted, tumbleweed, ridden road. Finding himself completely stranded, J.T. is “rescued” by a patrolling good Samaritan in a tow truck named Jerry Fuller. The opposite of J.T. - Jerry stands out as a much older, rough looking, tough “desert rat”, who makes his life in the harsh desolation.

Behind Jerry's rugged appearance, J.T. happens to notice something...

His investigative reporter instincts kick in. Being someone who never forgets a face, J.T. soon realizes Jerry to be a missing U.S. Senator, once groomed for the presidency, who mysteriously disappeared from public view years earlier. Jerry refuses to answer all of J.T.'s sudden questions. Instead, he beguiles J.T. to join him on a three-day, desert backpacking trek in exchange for a story no top ex-reporter could refuse - the answer to the mystery of his disappearance.

Unbeknownst to J.T., Jerry embarks on a hidden agenda to awaken J.T. to a different reality... Even if it means J.T. must lose his life in order to find another.