Grilling Bobby Hicks

In a small, sleepy Georgia town, trailer-park bully BOBBY HICKS rules the roost. Soon after receiving a delivery of stolen patio furniture from ne’er-do-wells WAYNE and DODGE, Bobby is found shot to death and cooked on his still-warm barbecue grill. Laid-back SHERIFF BUTTERWORTH and his eager young deputy COLLETTE FEELEY (Bobby’s niece) investigate the crime, with suspicion first falling on Bobby’s hairdresser wife LINDA, who’s been secretly carrying on with Dodge. Another suspect is LENNY ESTRADA, a handsome Latino painter who’s got a not-so-secret crush on Collette’s misfit sister MEGAN, a local waitress haunted by her father’s “accidental” death at Bobby’s hands. But even though all of them had access to Bobby on the day of his death, the leads go nowhere.

A local lawyer informs a select group that were in some way close to Bobby, that he has left over a quarter-million dollar inheritance to the last one of them left living. Convinced that Linda killed her husband, Sheriff Butterworth wants to close the case. Collette doesn’t let up so easy. Meanwhile, Lenny’s quiet perseverance starts to win over Megan, who finally agrees to go out on a date with him. They run into Dodge, who once took Megan to the high school prom, and he makes a racist ass of himself. Later, Megan discovers that behind Lenny’s house-painting façade lies the soul of a sensitive, talented artist.

Megan and Lenny dress up and go downtown for a “cultured” date. Megan makes known she would love to move to New York. Despite both of them declaring their love for each other, Lenny’s hesitant to leave his ailing mother and large family. On the drive back, a drunk, jealous Dodge tries to run them off the road, but crashes instead, and Lenny saves his life. Realizing it may be his one chance at happiness, Lenny agrees to go to New York with Megan. While boxing up the files on Bobby’s death, Collette puts the clues together and figures out who the real killer is, and someone’s happily ever after may be in doubt.

Directed by Tommy Wood

Written by Tommy Wood, Neal Shannon Cruey

Produced by Tommy Wood, Neal Shannon Cruey, Marc Benton

Cast
Clarissa Els: Collette Feeley
Brian Durkin: Dolvin Dukes
West Cummings: Wayne Donohue
Justin Geer: Dodge Taratoot
Bill Oberst, Jr.: Juan and Old Man Wampler
Courtney Cole: Megan Feeley
Tim Ware: Bobby Hicks
Blair Berman: Amilee
Preston Thomas: Phil
Luke Francis: Obie
Dale Basescu: Pastor Fox
Angela Mitchell: Linda Hicks