The Dreadful Tale of Patricia (season 1)

The first season of the upcoming TV series The Dreadful Tale of Patricia was based off of the short story of the same name and consists of four episodes. Writing for the season began on October 8, 2020 and is likely to end in early January 2021.

Episode 1: "Boss' Orders"
Sir Günkerschtein tries to convince Sir Charles IV to go out for border patrol in the middle of a snowstorm. Sir Charles does not want to go, but the boss makes him. While gearing up for border patrol with his cat Vivian The Cat, Sir Charles runs into the beautiful Muck Fancy. It is love at first sight, and the two quickly bond. But Muck’s father, Naught is with her, and he is quite opposed to the idea of Muck and Sir Charles as a couple. He takes Muck home, and Charles is sad. Sir Charles finishes gearing up, and he and Vivian The Cat go to the border to patrol. There, they fall through the snow and end up in a secret base. He meets Wizarding Lou, a wizard. Lou has gathered a band of nomads that all believe that a mystery child named Gabouna has come into existence, and must be found if the end of the world is to be prevented. Lou begs Sir Charles to find this baby while he’s out in the blizzard, and Sir Charles agrees, solemnly. Sir Charles emerges back out into the snowstorm and finds baby Gabouna. He decides that such a disgusting name is not fit for such a beautiful baby (right before Gabouna vomits on Sir Charles) and names her Patricia. He accidentally falls back into Lou’s lair and Lou frantically announces that he got the prophecy wrong—because Patricia was found, the end of the world is at hand.

Note: "Boss' Orders" is the only episode of The Dreadful Tale of Patricia that was written by series creator Willa Jones.

Episode 2: "The Edge of the World"
Lou demands that Sir Charles protects baby Patricia, no matter what. On his way back to the castle, Sir Charles sees Muck and tells her all about his predicament. They are so distracted being in love with each other that they accidentally take a wrong turn and fall off the edge of the world where they are just saved from death by a griffin named Johnny. Sir Charles, Muck, and Patricia try to fly back up to the surface of the Earth on the back of Johnny, but Johnny is shot with an arrow by the goblin. The heroes are able to escape the goblins, but Sir Charles’ invaluable necklace is stolen. They meet Corny, a bloodthirsty unicorn who agrees to help them find Sir Charles’ necklace as long as they, in return, find someone whose blood Corny can drink. Sir Charles and Corny plan an attack on the goblin base, which is offset on the side of the cliff, but Sir Charles doesn’t let Muck come on the raid because she is “dainty,” which enrages Muck. When Sir Charles and Corny are cooked over a fire by the goblins, Muck takes action and saves them. They get the necklace back and leave Corny to eat the goblins. Sir Charles and Muck get back up to the surface on the Earth in this section with the help of the Master, a metitative being who points them in the direction of a sentient ladder who screams out in pain everytime someone steps one of his rungs. Upon returning to the kingdom, Sir Charles feels the ground under him begin to shake.

Episode 3: "Hey, Charles, What's—"
The Oog erupts from the ground and demands that Charles give him Patricia, because she is the only one who can prevent him from ending the world. Sir Charles refuses and the Oog becomes angry, and a chase scene ensues. Sir Charles runs through every single scene in the past episodes and the people in each scene all say, “Hey, Charles, what’s—” before the Oog enters the scene. Finally Charles arrives at the screaming ladder, and the screams are so high-pitched that the Oog’s ears explode and it runs away. Free of the Oog for the moment, Charles goes to tell the people of the town that the Oog’s coming, with the help of Wizarding Lou and his wizard friends. When the Oog arrives, it explains that Patricia must be freely given and it puts Charles in a really tall tower with only a window and no doors, saying that it won't feed Charles until Charles gives it Patricia. Muck Fancy arrives with the sentient ladder, and climbs up to Sir Charles using the ladder. The screams of the ladder make the Oog’s other ears explode, and it runs away while Charles and Muck go into hiding with Patricia, Wizarding Lou, Vivian The Cat, and King Milo (along with Sir Günkerschtein and Sir Ivanpants XXX).

Episode 4: "The Ooooooooog!"
Muck convinces the others that they must sneak into town to evacuate the townsfolk, and while no one else wants to in fear of the coming Oog attack, they all know that it is the right thing to do. But while ushering everyone out of the kingdom and through the forest, the Oog and catches them and eats Sir Günkerschtein. Everyone is frantic until Sir Charles steps up to fight the Oog. After realizing that the Oog is more powerful than him, he and the others run away, letting the Oog eat the unimportant townsfolk so they can survive. Soon, the Oog has devoured the entire kingdom, and demands Patricia, for she is juicy and tasty. Sir Charles refuses, and instead sacrifices himself. When the Oog tries to eat him. But Sir Charles is too large to fit through the Oog’s mouth. The Oog spits him out, but he is incapacitated when he hits the ground. Wizarding Lou and the wizards team up to destroy the Oog, but all except Lou and Tew survive. Muck wakes Sir Charles up, knowing that the end is near. Sir Charles stabs the Oog in the knee, and the Oog, in response, destroys the kingdom and any remaining people with it. Sir Charles decides to play his final card: he throws Patricia into the snow and she split into two. The Oog, surprised learns that Patricia was really a block of snow the entire time! The Oog is dumbfounded until Sir Charles picks up the snow and reveals that it is actually two conjoined twins. The Oog, still hungry for blood, chases Sir Charles, King Milo -I, Ivanpants XXX, Muck, Wizarding Lou, and Tew through the majestic portal on the edge of town that leads the worlds strange and wondrous as Vivian just laughs, laughs, and laughs some more as the kingdom falls around her.

Creation
Season one was originally written as a short story called Patricia: the Baby, the Knight, and the Monster, before being adapted into a three-episode miniseries. It was then expanded for a four-episode miniseries, before becomes the first season of a full length television show.

Writing
Writing for the series began on October 8, 2020. The first episode was written by series creator Willa Jones, but the rest were written by Adam Fischer. The series is a comedy, with each season focusing on a different type of science fiction.