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A selection of
Awards
New Writers Collective
Selected
PAGE International Screenwriting Awards Competition
Finalist
JumpStart Writing Competition
Top 50
Coverfly Genre/Format
Top 1%
Television
TV Show
Crossing
Written By
Tray Epps
Logline
After his wife’s sudden death, an African American people-pleasing single father begrudgingly starts his life over while living with his in-laws in the English suburbs of Liverpool.
Format
Television
Genre
Dark Comedy
Comps
ATLANTA
Meets
CATASTROPHE
With an element of
the Story
Liam Moore never planned to raise his daughter alone, least of all in a country that doesn’t quite feel like home. After the sudden death of his wife, the African American transplant finds himself stranded in the suburbs of Liverpool, sharing a roof with in-laws who grieve as loudly as they bicker. Liam’s days blur together: rideshare shifts, baby bottles, and an endless stream of small talk he can’t escape. But when a talkative stranger — who just so happens to be his late wife’s childhood friend — hops into his car one rainy night, Liam’s carefully controlled solitude begins to crack. Suddenly, he’s drawn into a world of new neighbors, old ghosts, and the impossible task of making friends as an adult. In this offbeat dark comedy, grief is never tidy, and belonging isn’t guaranteed. Crossing is about what it means to start again in a place that doesn’t feel like yours — and discovering that “home” might be something you build from scratch.
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The "Story Behind the Story"
Crossing is pulled directly from my own life. Like Liam, I’m an African American who found himself in the ‘burbs of Liverpool, trying to reconcile grief, family obligations, and the absurd challenge of making adult friends in a place that didn’t feel like mine. Writing this series was my way of answering a question I couldn’t shake: how do you rebuild a life in the wake of loss, when the world expects you to just keep going? I wanted to explore the messy, surreal comedy of starting over. By leaning into Merseyside — its quirks, its accents, its unapologetic grit — I found a world that felt both deeply specific and universally relatable. This isn’t a story of triumph over tragedy; it’s about stumbling forward, laughing at the absurdity, and learning that “home” can be where grief and joy sit uncomfortably at the same table.
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Key Themes
Crossing is about the lines we draw — between family and strangers, love and obligation, truth and lies — and what happens when we’re forced to step over them. It’s about the cost of responsibility, the weight of secrets, and the messy resilience of people trying (and often failing) to do the right thing. The show explores how communities hold each other up while also pulling each other down, how grief and laughter can share the same breath, and how even in the darkest corners of life, absurdity has a way of sneaking in. It’s a story about survival, yes — but also about connection, and the comedy that comes from being human together, even when everything’s falling apart.
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Project Status
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A selection of
The World
The world of Crossing is where everyday life crashes into chaos — a comedy-drama Britain that’s instantly recognizable but seen through a sharper, funnier lens. It’s the bus stop where gossip travels faster than the buses, the community center that doubles as a battleground, the pub where secrets slip out between pints. The humor isn’t forced; it bubbles up naturally from the contradictions of small-town living — people juggling jobs, relationships, family drama, and mistakes that spiral out of control. Visually, it’s grounded and cinematic, but with an energy that keeps things playful: bright splashes of color against grey streets, awkward silences that flip into absurd comedy, tension punctured by moments of warmth. This is a world where tragedy and humor sit side by side — because that’s how life really feels.
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