The Roots of the Team

is the pilot episode of The Los Angeles Crew. It was written by and first aired in July 2016.
==Synopsis==
An unlikely team of characters join forces to save the world.
==Transcript==
The screen starts out black as a news report is heard.
:Reporter: The world's most irresponsible hero team has struck again.
The camera then shows a load of employees sat in the back room in a Greenbacks cafe. The camera then focuses on a Polynesian woman.
:Reporter: Two members of this so-called "Los Angeles crew" were arrested today after being caught trying to graffiti the Hollywood sign...
The woman sighs and shakes her head as another employee looks at her.
:Employee: What's up with you, Aloha?
:Aloha: I work with those idiots.
:Employee: Really?
:Aloha: Yup. No one has faith in me when I go to the rescue as a result.
:Employee: That's gotta suck.
:Aloha: It does. I'm gonna go bail 'em out. Tell Tom I'm gonna need someone to cover my shift.
The employee nods as Aloha grabs a jacket and walks to the police station.
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A woman is seen sleeping with her feet up on a desk high up in a skyscraper, next to a phone as it rings.
:Woman: Shit!
She falls back as she hits her head hard on the floor.
:Woman: Goddamn!
She gets up and answers the phone.
:Woman: What do you want?
:Voice: Connie, help!
:Connie: For god's sake, Dave, what happened this time?
:Dave: Me and Jane got arrested.
:Connie: What for?
:Dave: We were stopping some graffiti artists vandalising the Hollywood sign, they bailed and the cops mistook us as the taggers.
:Connie: Ugh. I'm gonna get down as soon as I can.
:Dave: Alright.
Connie hangs up as she walks down the building.
:Connie: (in her head) Fucking idiots.
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A woman is seen in a hospital bed, with a bandage on her head and her right arm in a sling as a doctor walks over to her.
:Doctor: How are you feeling today, Ms. Thomas?
:Ms. Thomas: I'm fine.
A man walks through to Ms. Thomas.
:Man: Hey, Chris, I brought some clothes from the office.
The man drops a tank top and some leather pants on the bed and puts some boots beside Chris.
:Chris: Thanks, Wolf.
:Wolf: Not a problem. When should you be out anyway?
:Chris: Today, hopefully.
:Wolf: Cool. Did you hear about Dave and Jane?
:Chris: Were they arrested again?
Wolf nods as Chris sighs.
:Chris: What for this time?
:Wolf: Graffiti, but Dave says they were stopping it. Aloha's gone to bail 'em out.
:Chris: How'd you know she is?
:Wolf: She texted me.
:Chris: Oh.
Chris reaches for her clothes as they chat.
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Dave and Jane are seen, handcuffed in a cell as a police officer opens their cell up.
:Officer: You've been bailed out.
Dave sighs a breath of relief as the two walk through to see Aloha.
:Dave: Thanks.
:Aloha: No problem.
The trio walk out as they feel an unusual feeling, with people on the street staring at them.
:Jane: People hate us, don't they?
:Dave: Probably.
:Aloha: This is what we get for being part of the "worst hero squad".
:Dave: True. Have you guys ever though about joining other teams?
:Aloha: If I had a dollar for every time I have, I'd be rich.
:Jane: I was considered a hero in Argentina, but here I just feel despised.
:Dave: You were considered a hero?
:Jane: Yeah. I saved multiple people, but here I've been mistaken for a criminal more times than I can count.
:Dave: It's probably the bias against us. Cops see us and immediately assume we're the bad guys.
:Aloha: Yeah. I've had cops walk into the Greenbacks I work in while I'm on shift and nearly every time, it's ended in them trying to arrest me.
Jane sighs.
:Jane: We need to clear our name somehow.
:Aloha: Amen to that, sister.
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Most of the team is seen in a skyscraper, overlooking L.A..
:Connie: I just checked the records against us, and...
:Chris: How terrible is it?
:Connie: Dave's been arrested 15 times in the last two weeks.
:Dave: I swear I'm the one they're always after.
:Connie: Wally, you've managed to go arrest-free the entire time this team's been together. Same for you, Fatima.
:Wally: Sweet.
:Fatima: Nice.
Cameron Hudson, Vyacheslav Trovorski and Helen Willis are seen entering the room, Helen noticing the paper in Connie's hand.
:Helen: Oh, we playing "Who Got Busted The Most" again?
:Connie: ...Yes.
Helen looks at the paper.
:Helen: Dave, how'd you get arrested twice in one day?
:Dave: The cops are hellbent on ending us, that's how.
:Helen: True.
:Jane: How do Wally and Fatima avoid always avoid arrests?
:Fatima: I think I heard something about the head of the LAPD having a lot of respect for me.
:Wally: I'm just on peoples' good sides.
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==Reception==
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==Trivia==
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