Extraordinary Measures
Page 1 Introducing the protagonist who is in charge of marketing of medicine for kids and has prepared a lot of presents for his kid. Meanwhile, the housewife reads a book to his son, which is interrupted by the fighting between two kids, one of whom is happily on a wheelchair and is about to have her 8 years old birthday party.
Page 3 The protagonist is having a hard time getting home because of the busy traffic. Meanwhile, although it's very inconvenient to transport the kids on the wheelchairs, they are very happy. They can even play Bolin ball on the wheelchair.
Page 4 The daughter is not happy that his father is not there until he made the last minute. At night, after the dad tucks his children in bed, he starts to do research on the Pompe Disease, trying to find a cure for his children . Ticking clock appears: research shows that children with Pompe Disease can only live for 9 years, while the daughter is already 8. But he has found a new theory founded by Dr. Stonehill and he calls him right away. But the doctor is so preoccupied with his research that it takes him forever to fix the telephone line, which causes the father to think that the doctor is rude. (INITIAL CONTACT ALWAYS DOESN'T END WELL)
Page 9 An intimate moment between husband and wife after the nurse is gone. In fact, they are intimate with each other until the next morning when the nurse is back. Unfortunately, the girl is not doing well.
Page 11 During work, the wife calls to tell him that the daughter is not doing in the hospital. When he came to the hospital from work, the daughter is moving to the ICU as her condition deteriorates. (OPPORTUNITY: WORST THING HAPPEN FOR THE KIDS)
Page 13 The doctor explains to the parents about the disease. He thinks that Megan doesn't have a lot of time left because of the lack of treatment. As they accompany the daughter, suddenly, she is at a critical condition that triggers the entire ICU staff.
Page 16 The daughter finally pulls through, which stuns the doctor. But the dad is no longer capable concentrate on working. So he leaves the meeting and drives to Nebraska to look for Dr. Stonehill. But he is too busy to meet him. The dad has to chase the doctor in his car to a bar. (SEEKING SOLUTIONS)
Page 20 When they finally meet, Dr. Stonehill says that he only conducts research not doesn't see patients. But he still talks about his research with passion although he knows that it is just a theory. So the dad promises him to get the doctor enough funding to turn his theory into reality.
There should be an emotional rush before making a big decision. After this impulse is completed, we will analyze it, and then make a rational decision.
Page 24 When he comes back home, his wife freaks out about his behavior about leaving work without notice. She is afraid that they might lose their insurance. But the dad explains to his wife how he snapped when he was watching their daughter dying. The wife calls him insane when she hears the amount of money he promises to raise. But the couple works hard on the phone, calling everybody to raise money for the foundation. (CHANGE OF PLAN: START TO RAISE MONEY TO GET THE DOCTOR'S HELP TO SAVE THEIR KIDS)
Page 29 Finally, Dr. Stonehill comes to visit and hits off with the daughter right off. After they have put the kids to sleep, they sit down to eat. But the doctor cuts to the chase and asks for money. Although it's not enough , the doctor decides to take advantage of the parents' condition and motivation to setup his own company. (CHANGE OF PLAN FOR THE DOCTOR)
Page 35 The couple debates the best course of action. The wife admits that it was crazy, but once they start doing it, she is able to find hope and possibility. Although his friend is against the idea, the dad still decides to chase the wind as he just won't sit around to wait for his kids to die.
Page 37 John drives to Nebraska to see Dr. Stonehill. But he doesn't want to work hard to impress the investors because he has too much confidence in his science. (COMPLICATIONS FROM THE DOCTOR)
Page 40 They go to Chicago to pitch research project. It goes very well until they start to ask specific questions about the manufacturing process, which pisses off Dr. Stonehill so much that he storms out of the meeting. (COMPLICATION FROM THE DOCTOR)
Page 43 John complains to his wife about the incident and how much money that he has to raise. At the same time, they find out that their son can no longer use his arm. (COMPLICATION PEAKS) It scares John so much that he gives the money guy an offer that he can't turn down. The money is surprised that Dr. Stonehill is okay with the terms. When he knows about the terms, Dr. Stonehill is furious that he got such a bad deal. John attacks him by telling him that he has never helped anybody in reality, which kind of wake the doctor up and he ends up signing the document. (EMOTIONAL POINT OF NO RETURN WHEN THE DOCTOR SACRIFICES HIS INTEREST TO HELP PEOPLE IN REALITY EVEN THOUGH IT IS A TERRIBLE DEAL FOR HIM)
Page 51 Two months later, their research facility is operational in Nebraska. (PHYSICAL POINT OF NO RETURN FOR THE RESEARCH) Most of their scientists are young people. John asks them to work crazy to reach clinical trial within a year. When the electricity is out during the storm, they have to rush to the market to buy a backup generator in 45 minutes. (COMPLICATION FROM THE GENERATOR)
Page 53 The daughter tries to talk to the dad, but he is too busy to really listen. On top of that, the investors are getting impatient with the way they are spending money. So they are forcing John to sell the company to its competition . (EMOTIONAL ANTAGONIST FROM THE DAUGHTER & PHYSICAL ANTAGONIST FROM THE INVESTORS)
Page 56 John comes to talk with Dr. Stonehill about the choices they have: either sell the company to get cash infusion or game over. Stonehill is not pleased about selling the company, and he also have to convince the big company to buy his. Stonehill is again challenged during the meeting about the realistic manufacturing problems, yet he is able to turn the table. John is also challenged emotionally on profitability, and he is able to overcome that as well. Finally, the deal comes through. (HIGHER STAKES )
Page 61 So the family is moved to Seattle to the big company. The security is so tight that Stonehill needs a badge to use the bathroom. And he wants to wait till success of the project to cash the big check. And the family moves into a very big beautiful house.
Page 64 After being welcomed to the new company, John is told by the manager that people are not happy that he is not a scientist and his children have the disease. Stonehill is fighting with another scientist without respect. (EMOTIONAL ANTAGONISTS)
Page 66 The parents beg the doctor for a deadline, which freaks them out so much that they ask all the families with Pompe children to meet at the company for a breakfast meeting to show the research team firsthand about the condition. (PHYSICAL ANTAGONIST FROM THE DISEASE)
Page 71 But the manager is not pleased as he thinks this emotional meeting affects the objectivity of the team. When John proposes a leadership team instead of competition, the manager thinks the only way to do that is to kick Stonehill out as he has alienated a lot of people. (PHYSICAL ANTAGONIST FROM THE TEAM STRUCTURE)
Page 72 People are very unhappy with the music that Stonehill is playing. At night, John comes to talk to Stonehill about kicking him off the team very awkwardly. Stonehill is beyond pissed off. (EVERYTHING IS EMOTIONALLY LOST)
Page 75 The family hears the news from a Pompe family that one of their kids has died. Both the parents and the kids are devastated. (EVERYTHING IS PHYSICALLY LOST)
Page 76 The company decides to do an experiment to pick the best formula out of four. Meanwhile, Meagan is having another of her birthday during which she couldn't even flip her hand.
Page 78 When John comes to bring Stonehill meals to ask his opinion about which formula is the best, Stonehill kicks John out of his lab. But after, Stonehill picks the green formula to be the best but it's not his baby. Stonehill SACRIFICES AND RESCUES !
Page 81 When the whole family is on the beach, John receives a phone call from the manager that the first clinical trial is going to for infants only because of the limited supply of the enzyme. (EVERYTHING IS TRULY LOST)
Page 83 So John drives to the company in the middle of the night trying to steal some drugs. When the security guard finds it out, Stonehill rescues him from embarrassment. When John talks about the fact that he has made the wrong choice right from the beginning and he was supposed to be with his kids more instead of chasing the wind, (EVERYTHING IS TRULY LOST) Stonehill suddenly has an epiphany of the Siblings Trial.
Page 90 After the siblings trial has been approved by a hospital, John goes to see the manager who is furious about being blindsided. The manager thinks that it is a huge “conflict of interest”. (EVERYTHING IS LOST AGAIN)
Page 93 The manager comes to fire John to eliminate the conflict of interest so that they can put the kids on the siblings study. It's Stonehill's idea. (EPIPHANY AGAIN)
Page 95 John comes back to tell his wife the good news. They take the kids to the hospital to be administered the new drugs. While the long wait to see if the drug works, Stonehill comes to see the children. They are waiting such a long time that they are starting to doubt if it's working until they hear the laughter from the children. The medicine is working and the children are having sugar high.
Page 100 Dr. Stonehill cashes the check and finds his own company.
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