PILOT, scene one

KRISTA ROMERO

FADE IN:

INT. COURTHOUSE — JUDGE’S OFFICE / HALLWAY — DAY — JUNE 4, 1997

A door opens.

KRISTA walks out of the Judge’s Office.

Beside her is her young son, TYLER.

HECTOR Smith ROMERO, Jr., Krista’s Father, JOHN KIRTON, and BISHOP WHITESIDE walk with them.

No celebration montage.

No explanation.

Just five people walking down a courthouse hallway toward an elevator.

The elevator doors open.

Before they can step inside, AUNT SHIRLEY walks out.

She sees