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Studio portfolio · Original serial · 24 × 10-minute episodes · Los Angeles

The Fetchers

A professional thief who has never been truly seen is caught by the man who invented a way to know if a room has been entered. He lets her keep the prize — and her freedom — in exchange for a place on the next job.

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Teaser / animatic

Heat / CollateralLos Angeles at night; professionals who respect the work.
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The show

A thief who has never been truly seen.

Rae Calder is twenty-five, cocky, and demonstrably excellent: social infiltration, technical improvisation, the kind of exit that makes her laugh on the way down a fire escape.

Then a 'collector's house in the hills' closes around her. The owner, Arun Sen, built the system that reconstructs motion from the air in a room. He watched her the whole way in. He doesn't call the police. He lets her keep the prize — in exchange for a place on the next job.

Their affair is a risk behavior. Her partner, Dean, is the one person who cannot be allowed to notice. And the people who hired the original theft are still in the dark.

Created by Chris Cundey · Pitch visualization by Idea Engine Pitch Studio

Opening night. Every episode opens in competence. Arts District gallery, downtown LA.
Opening night. Every episode opens in competence. Arts District gallery, downtown LA.
“Tonight I'm with the painting.” Rae works a gallery opening as a guest.
“Tonight I'm with the painting.” Rae works a gallery opening as a guest.
Analog earpiece, old UHF radios — hiding in plain sight from digital sensing.
Analog earpiece, old UHF radios — hiding in plain sight from digital sensing.
The Fetchers frame
The study safe and the calibration master.
The study safe and the calibration master.
The exit that isn't on the elevation.
The exit that isn't on the elevation.
Dean Holtz, ~40. Her partner. Logistics, the van, the criminal economy's memory. Right at least once in a way that saves her.
Dean Holtz, ~40. Her partner. Logistics, the van, the criminal economy's memory. Right at least once in a way that saves her.
The Fetchers frame
The house is the sensor. Field: a licensed sensing layer that reconstructs motion from incidental RF scatter. Not cameras. Not LiDAR.
The house is the sensor. Field: a licensed sensing layer that reconstructs motion from incidental RF scatter. Not cameras. Not LiDAR.
Arun Sen, ~35. Founder of Meridian Instruments. Can authenticate any object; cannot read people.
Arun Sen, ~35. Founder of Meridian Instruments. Can authenticate any object; cannot read people.
First shared job. A foundation gala. She is his date — that is the cover, and the problem.
First shared job. A foundation gala. She is his date — that is the cover, and the problem.
“You missed the mesh. Don't miss me.” He corrects her recon.
“You missed the mesh. Don't miss me.” He corrects her recon.
Rae Calder, 25. The thief. Believes performance is control. Uses being looked at as cover.
Rae Calder, 25. The thief. Believes performance is control. Uses being looked at as cover.
The Fetchers frame

All imagery in this lookbook is AI-generated visual development (Seedream 5.0 Pro via OpenRouter), art-directed by a human. Story, characters and dialogue are the creator's own; AI was used for visualization only. Not a casting proposal — no real person's likeness is depicted.

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