Parity Pipeline

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Synopsis

On the coast of Oregon, Jan and Sylvia (70s), live out their days collecting plastic that’s washed ashore. Both are questioning their purpose, until one day they discover a bloated dead guy with $2.5 million and take it, leaving the body for others to find.

Jan’s son, T.J., still lives in her basement at age 35, and takes up the story of the dead guy, “Big White,” on his new podcast–his most recent effort to avoid becoming a cranberry farmer like his grandfather, which might save the family farm.

News of the body eventually reaches his drug-dealing associates, who show up looking for their money. But who has it? Or, as the new, conflict-avoiding cop, KIRK, would have you believe, no one has it because it fell off Big White out in the Pacific.

Meanwhile, townies start receiving mysterious gifts of cash–Mindy needs an operation, George has to pay off lenders to keep his auto repair shop afloat.

The baddies, Birgit and Zev, a pair of semi-capable foreigners with a mentally unstable boss out of Yellowstone, start poking around with more intention, resulting in tragedy for Ken, the local junkman.

Then Jan collapses with a possible recurrence of cancer (or is it an act?), Sylvia starts drinking again and T.J. makes an effort to harvest the cranberries to cheer Jan up, resulting in his discovery of the hidden cash.

When the townies gather to figure out where the gifts are coming from, ranks close around Jan and Sylvia, who must concoct a dangerous plan to oust the bad guys, and ultimately realize their lives still have meaning. Inspired by A Simple Plan, Fargo and Waking Ned Devine, OLD LADIES FIND MONEY is a possibly true story about seizing opportunities and moving on.