SEARCHER I: PERMISSION GRANTED

Searcher 1 — PERMISSION GRANTED (Script)

Logline:

A haunted ex-Special Forces officer can't stop seeing faces — her unit in the moment a mission went wrong, and Rembrandt's terrified sailors in a painting stolen from the Gardner in 1990. When she's pulled into the investigation, she discovers the FBI has been watching.

Opening Scene:

A woman steps off a green bus at Denali. A glacier wall rises before her, marked "Do Not Climb." She pulls ice axes from a military-issued pack and drives them into ancient blue ice. No rope. No permit. No hesitation.

More About the Film:

This is Jax — ex-Marine Special Forces, haunted by a classified mission that ended in friendly fire. By day, she pours drinks at a Boston bar. By night, no matter how hard she tries, she sees faces — her unit frozen in chaos, and the terrified sailors in Rembrandt's "Storm on the Sea of Galilee."

In the painting, terrified sailors face a violent storm while Christ sleeps in the boat. Faith or fear. That's the choice. Jax sees herself in the sailor staring out from the canvas — frozen between the two.

When Professor James Kingsfield III draws her into the world of the heist, her tactical mind finds a new mission. But Boston's criminal underworld doesn't welcome investigators — and the FBI is watching. What begins as obsession becomes dangerous. The line between hunter and hunted blurs. Is she an asset — or bait?

For a woman who sleeps in forest canopies and scales glaciers alone, the most treacherous terrain may be within.