GENESIS

STORY: SET UP
We begin in a dockland warehouse somewhere in the United States. It’s the mid 1980s. It is the depth of night and a
terrified young woman, ELLEN, is giving birth alone while a mysterious man, THE PROPHET, mutters incantations and
anoints the doorway facing the dock. As soon as the baby is born, the Prophet wraps it and thrusts it into the woman’s
arms. Lights at the far end of the dockyard flicker and go out, the wind starts to howl. Tears stream down Ellen’s face as she
cries from the depths of her stomach “I can’t leave him,” we realise there is anher bundle in the blooded rags on the
floor!” The lights outside the entrance opposite go out. The Prophet hurries reluctant Ellen out of a small side door. “Go.
There isn’t any time. Do it for him.” He looks at the child in her arms. He turns away from her as in the shadows and mist
outside we see a group of strange figures moving towards him. He picks up a staff ready to fight them, before they can
enter, the Prophet takes the fight to them and we leave the scene.
We don’t know it until late into the season, but the fate of the twins is tied up with the fate of the Earth and all humanity.
Bh carry the souls of the gods ASAFRON and ZARA dormant inside them. For the two boys, JOHN and BEN, the separation
will also have a very human and personal effect and that is the story we explore at first. In an attempt to influence the
heavens, the gods have forgten the very human effects of life on Earth.
It will be many years from their birth before they come face to face for the first time. The Prophet does everything in his
power to stop it happening - hiding an entire city from Zara’s awareness and patrolling in constant vigilance. He is the only
person aside from their parents and Asafron who know that two babies were born that night, and he knows he can’t keep
them apart forever.
Thirty years later, in suburban England JOHN is an A&E nurse, and is excited to learn he’s going to become a parent with
ALICE. It’s a happy moment and he proposes. Life seems good. His dreams and visions are under control with the help of
his therapist. Normality is almost within reach.