Treatment: Origin
Okay, here we go, a treatment for the first story. (We must remember that, due to the nature of the series, this would be separated across multiple webisodes.)
Jamie Seward is simply an average, albeit slightly autistic (as in, mild Asperger's), twenty-something, who lives next door to a Material Sciences professor, Zeki Daskalov, who entertains and feeds Seward's enthusiasm and interest in the material sciences. Daskalov has a large basement-level home laboratory which he sometimes uses; this also doubles as a classroom of sorts for his teaching of Seward.
During one of Seward's visits, he comes down to the basement lab to overhear Daskalov arguing with another person. It's dark, and he doesn't hear a name, but he does hear the other person's voice, and the argument is punctuated by a stabbing sound, which force him to leave the house in shock.
He sees the police try to piece together the crime, but without a usable witness statement, and no recognisable weapon (the blade was shaped weirdly, making tracing the weapon virtually impossible), they are at a stalemate. So Seward decides to use his knowledge of material sciences, as well as Daskalov's expansive material and written resources, he creates an exoskeleton, consisting of a titanium full body armour, with tungsten carbide toes and knuckles in the boots and gloves (respectively), aggregated diamond nanorod claws, and a visor made of borosilicate glass infused with a tungsten micromesh and gilded using translucent leaf; along with an underarmour suit made from carbon nanotube sheets.
However, being naive to the entire concept of superheroism, he is completely unsure as to where to start, and begins simply scouring the streets, hoping to simply "run into" Daskalov's murderer. Instead, he comes across a pair of men who are trying to beat a woman. He threatens them, but they have trouble taking him seriously, and one sets on him; Seward swiftly deals with his first attacker, and moves towards the next one, who runs away. The woman collects her things from the ground, and gives him a shaky and slightly fearful "thank you", before running off herself. As Seward turns around, he notices someone filming on a cameraphone, with a look of awe and fear mixed together; Seward swears and runs off.
His being filmed has consequences: the clip makes it to a news station, who dub him "the Human Tank", but the clip is followed by a statement by a Police Superintendant, who labels his actions as a "random act of vigilantism." (We actually see beforehand a small clip of the Superintendant and a PA discussing the clip after a copy is provided to them for comment; the pair have differing views on his actions.) Seward then realises he needs to keep a lower profile as "the Human Tank".
The next day, Seward is sitting at a cafe, as he overhears the comments about "the Human Tank": some are thankful for his actions, others voice their objections. Amidst the comments, he hears a voice he recognises--the voice of the murderer. A reporter who turns up and greets him provides him with a name: Dr Alden Brand. A little bit of searching reveals to Jamie more about Dr Brand's whereabouts, and he plans his means of serving justice.
He arrives at Dr Brand's house late at night, and confronts the tired doctor (after he is rudely awaken by a crash caused by Seward's entry) about his actions. Since Alden cannot see his face (due to the full-face helmet), he is unable to recognise who it is, or that he was there on the night of the murder, so his confession is initially vague. However, Jamie begins to intimidate Dr Brand into confessing, which he does, but with a smirk on his face, as the police arrive at his door. (We find out he called the police when he heard the breaking.) Jamie runs out of the house, and into a dark alley behind the house, getting far enough so he can shed the armour and hide it before the police find him. When they question him about the Human Tank's whereabouts, he shrugs, stating he hadn't seen him.
The final scene has Jamie sitting in the laboratory in Daskalov's house, looking at a will which states the house and lab belong to him, along with a newspaper cutting about Daskalov's murder. He then states he "need[s] to be better".
Feel free to leave a comment about this treatment; I will start writing a script for this tomorrow morning, so all suggestions will be helpful.
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