A Story of Crime

***A Story of Crime*** (abbreviated to ***ASC*** or ***ASoC***) is an American police crime drama that premiered on September 21, 2023 on ABC. It stars J. Vaughn as NYPD Detective Patrick Jones. Vaughn also created the show, writes the show, directs many episodes of the show, and is an executive producer. Aside from J. Vaughn, it also stars Courtney Jackson as Detective Aubrey Williams and Brent McCognay as Sgt. Michael Turner. It is has a large and diverse ensemble cast. Most criminal cases in episodes will last at least for 1 or 2 episodes, but there will be a time when it will be a whole storyline, which that would mean the criminal case would last 3-6 episodes. It is set at the 20th Precinct in Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City. The show is rated TV-14. The final 7 episodes in Season 1 were postponed indefinitely in light of the current WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

## A Story of Crime

New York's Best Detectives Living In An Even Worse World

### Run time

42-48 minutes55-75 minutes (Supersized Episodes Only)

### Genre

Police Procedural
Crime-Drama
Legal Drama
Mystery-Thriller

### Network

ABC
FX (in Canada)

### Written by

J. Vaughn
George Adams
Christina Amaro

### Directed by

J. Vaughn
Larry O’Bryan

### Composer

Mike Post
Power Music Factory (theme song music)
Wanda Perez

### Executive producer

J. Vaughn
@JxeIRL
Randy Wilson
Geri McBride
Louise Hawthorne

### Producer

Henry Marshall
Blazing Nation (associate producer)

### Production company

Vaughn Productions
ABC Signature
20th Television

## Premise

A New York City Police Detective, Patrick Jones (J. Vaughn) dedicates his life to the strange murders he sees. He is devoted to investigating and stopping all of the murders and injustices that plague New York while dealing with a traumatic past himself. He works amazingly with his partner, Detective Aubrey Williams (Courtney Jackson) who also has a difficult past, and their skilled team of detectives (Brent McCognay, Lisa Jacobs, Dhruv Singh, Oscar Felipe, and John Field). Together, the 20th Precinct team sees murder, rapes, and strange injustices - all that are committed in New York City.

## Cast

### Main Cast

* J. Vaughn as Detective Patrick Jones, one of two lead characters of A Story of Crime. At the start of the series, he is a NYPD Detective who gets recently transferred to New York's 20th precinct that investigates homicides. He is the husband of Bethany Jones and partner of Det. Aubrey Williams.
* Courtney Jackson as Detective Aubrey Williams, one of the two lead characters of the series. She is the new partner of Jones and a seasoned 20th precinct homicide detective. She is Jones' partner and the husband of Anthony Williams.
* Brent McCognay as Sergeant Michael Turner, he supervises the 20th precinct.
* Lisa Jacobs as Vanessa Johnson. She is a special police intelligence team member. She often assists the gang by finding suspects.
* Dhruv Singh as Medical Examiner Sacha Patel. He is a M.E that works in the 20th precinct.
* Oscar Felipe as Assistant District Attorney Rodrigo Esteves. He works at the New York District Attorney office and assists the 20th precinct.
* John Field as Detective James Heard. He works in the 20th precinct and has no partner. He has an ex-wife who cheated on him with his brother a few months prior to the series' begin. When he does work with someone, it's primarily either Turner or Jones.

## Production

### Development

The show was conceived in mid 2022. J. Vaughn is the head creator and decided to create a show that had a cast of characters as detectives and other police officers and law enforcement members. He and his writing team were split on whether to base the show in New York or in Los Angeles. He pitched the show to ABC and the executives loved it, so they ordered a pilot, which they loved, and officially began the series. The writing for the show was completed on December 29, 2022. The show is produced by Vaughn Productions, 20th Television, and ABC Signature. Other channels included NBC, which loved the idea but declined due to there already being too many crime shows on the network, CBS, which declined due to budget concerns, and FOX, which declined only due to recovering from the cancellation of 9-1-1, another police procedural which ABC recently picked up for a seventh season.

Vaughn has said that if this show is successful, in the future he'll attempt to create a whole television franchise, similar to the *Law & Order* franchise, the *NCIS* franchise, the *CSI* franchise, and others. He also hopes the show will be a long-running one, and pans the show out for possibly 10-29 seasons, depending on the initial reception of the show.

Casting had begun on November 16, 2022 and was final on January 27, 2023. Since J. Vaughn was already casted as Det. Jones, the crew just needed to find the rest of the ensemble.

Filming for Season 1 was started on February 2nd and is set to end in January 2024. ABC ordered Season 1 to have 23 episodes. The name of the show was revealed by ABC on April 5, 2023. The Season 1 premiere episode was released on September 21, 2023. Henry Marshall, producer of the show, was happy that the show had barely escaped the current WGA Strike of 2023. ABC President Kimberly Godwin said that she's received currently 9 of the 23 episodes released and said "it's looking real great so far." She also believes it will be a 'fan-favorite'.

On June 15, JxeIRL, executive producer of the show, announced that Vaughn Productions signed a contract with ABC that would allow the show to possibly have 10 seasons. The budget for Season 1 is $103,500,000, which would make the 22 episodes each have a budget of $4.5 million.

On July 17, 2023, in light of the SAG-AFTRA strike, principal photography for the remainder of the season was postponed for a later date, so only 15 episodes of the 23 -episode order were completed the 16th episode was in the middle of post-production. ABC has stated that it does not know when filming will resume.

### Format

Since, in reality, that this a 'fictional' show, episodes will be aired as their actual script. This is copyrighted and there will be consequences if this is copied without any of the writers permission.

For example:

INT. - HOUSE - DAY

Bob walks into his room.

BOB

Ahhh.

That type of script would be the format for *ASC*. It will remain that way until the end of the series

## Episodes

#### Season 1

This is the current episode list for Season 1. Episodes will have the length of 42-46 minutes.

1. 9/21/23 The Lives They Kill (44 minutes long)

Detective Jones begins his first case as a homicide detective with his new partner, Detective Aubrey Williams. They investigate the untimely murder of teenage boy, Thomas, and uncover a lot. Viewership. 4.23 million viewers (on the timeslot it aired). 6.57 million viewers total watched (including DVR viewers). It ranked at 13 in the week’s top shows.

2. 9/28/23 Broken (42 minutes long)

The work continues on the Thomas Avery case. New people pop up and new questions arise. Jones and Williams continue to work hard, proving their chemistry and new partnership.

3. 10/5/23 A Tragedy (45 minutes long) When all seems right and they think they’ve found their guy, Jones and Williams realize how wrong they really are.

4. 10/12/23 Brutal (75 minutes long)

After finding out the murderer is a lot closer to home than he had thought, Jones begins his preparation to arrest the real culprit in this epic conclusion to the Thomas Avery storyline.

5. 10/19/23 Fireworks (45 minutes long)

Following the Thomas Avery investigation conclusion, the precinct begins their work on the case of Susan Murphy, a 45-year old woman who was found dead in her car.

6. 10/26/23 Trauma (45 minutes long)

Williams discovers a deeper meaning to a murder case after discovering who the victim is – a relative of hers.

7. 11/2/23 On the way to Chinatown (43 minutes long)

Turner and Heard have to investigate a murder that happened way back in the 60s. Meanwhile, Jones and Williams begin to work with a private detective to solve the mysterious murder of a mailman.

8. 11/9/23 Mom's Basement (42 minutes long)

A gamer discovers the body of someone random in his basement, calling the police.

9. 11/16/23 Monkey In The Middle (46 minutes long)

The gang gets a call about a racist serial killer looking for victims of color. Meanwhile, Heard's ex-wife visits and causes some surprise.

10. 11/23/23 Bones (44 minutes long)

Jones and Williams investigate Lorraine, a little old lady with ties to a murderer.

11. 11/30/23 What Makes Someone Kill? (45 minutes long)

Jones and Williams request the help of M.E Patel, after they encounter a murderer with mental issues.

12. 12/7/23 How to Get Away With Murder (42 minutes long)

Heard and Jones team up to investigate a murder no one saw coming.

13. 12/14/23 New York’s Finest (44 minutes long)

ADA Esteves discovers the harsh reality of putting a child murderer on trial.

14. 1/11/24 For Want of a Nail (42 minutes long)

Jones confesses more about his troubling past. The IAB investigates Jones for crimes he committed in his past.

15. 1/18/24 What happens next? (43 minutes long)

With Jones’ future in the NYPD looking pretty slim, the precinct begins to convince the IAB to drop their investigation and realize that Jones is an amazing person.

16. 2/1/24 Reunited…and it feels so bad (44 minutes long)

Jones’ case is dropped and he is able to start work again. But it is awkward after he and Williams get into an argument regarding the missing person they’ve been working on - among other things.

17. ?/?/24 Everlasting Light (42 minutes long)

Vanessa tracks down the assassinator of the Senator Cox scandal.

18. ?/?/24 Williams’ Awakening Moment (43 minutes long)

Williams goes undercover as a hippy bum going to a support group.

19. ?/?/24 Terrorists (44 minutes long)

A former terrorist gets killed in a drive-by and it is clear it was meant for him.

20. ?/?/24 One More Night (46 minutes long)

Jones and his wife, Bethany, get into an argument, causing Jones to temporarily move in with Williams and her family. Turner is called to begin an investigation over a murdered high school girl.

21. ?/?/24 Who They Died For (43 minutes)

After a murder is committed at a Veteran Memorial Site, the squad begins investigating.

22. ?/?/24 Rotting Away (50 minutes)

Mob bosses, murders, abductions. The squad becomes busy after an infamous mob boss is tried for murder. (1 of 2 parts)

23. ?/?/24 Close to Sunrise (62 minutes)

With the mob boss on the loose, the squad looks for him in Buffalo, New York. Meanwhile, Williams finds out some heartening news. (2 of 2 parts)

## Release

### Broadcast

*A Story of Crime* will every Thursday night with a time slot set for 8:30 p.m. on ABC. For Canada, it will air on FX (the Canadian version based on the US version) on Wednesday nights at 8:30 p.m. Season 1 premiered on September 21, 2023, and will end sometime in 2024, due to the current SAG-AFTRA strikes, the principal photography for the series was postponed. The show (in reality) was going to be on Fanlore, but the crew found out they don't *take* non-fan-fiction stuff (such as something purely fictional created by a person that *isn't* based off of a real show or movie or book series) and the show was deleted off of the platform. Luckily, the crew was able to salvage and upload everything here.

ABC has announced that it is also planning a making a deal with CityTV, another Canadian television network. The Walt Disney Company plans to make deals to air the show on the BBC (the British Broadcasting Corporation).

ABC has also been in talks with NBC Universal about the possibility of selling the vast majority of the US syndication rights to NBC so episodes of the show will air on USA, NBC, and Peacock. Other NBC Networks will also get the rights. FOX will air reruns too once the show meets all of the necessary requirements for syndication.