Logline
Seven days. Six best friends. One Kayeandre concert that’s supposed to bring them all together — until the secrets they’ve been keeping from each other threaten to come out before the lights go down.
Synopsis
Weekend Warriors is a half-hour dramedy following six lifelong friends in their late twenties across one chaotic week in New York City, building toward a single unifying event: front-row tickets to a sold-out Kayeandre concert that their friend Dante promised the whole crew.
What nobody knows is that Dante just got laid off, used the ticket money to cover rent, and has spent the week running a bootleg merch hustle out of a spot on 125th Street to make it right before anyone finds out. How he actually secures the tickets in the end — and what it costs him — is a thread that pays off for the whole group at once, on stage, in the season finale.
Around him, the rest of the crew is carrying their own weight. Trey has spent the week avoiding one honest conversation with two different women. Malik has been sitting on something about who he is that he’s never said out loud to the people who love him most. Monique, his twin sister and the group’s protector, is dealing with a resurfaced ex who says all the right things — and trying to figure out if she wants him back, or just wants to have been right about him. Jasmine, the emotional glue of the group, is about to have the first real gallery opening of her career, the biggest thing she’s ever done, the same week she finally gets seen by someone the way she’s always seen everyone else. Renee, the one who holds the group’s whole infrastructure together, is the closest of anyone to finally doing something about what she needs — and who she needs it from.
The story unfolds across Harlem, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and the Lower East Side, with a visual style drawing on Spike Lee’s street-level color and Issa Rae’s modern wit, scored by R&B, hip hop, and Latin music. It’s a show about work stress, love lives, money problems, and family chaos all colliding in the same seven days — and about a friend group that shows up for each other anyway. By the time the crew gets to the concert, every thread lands in the same room at the same time.
At its core, Weekend Warriors is a love letter to New York City and to the specific, unglamorous loyalty of a friend group that has functioned as family since childhood — telling a story that is rarely given the prestige treatment it deserves.
Key Personnel
Glenn Lynch (Creator, Writer, Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager) – Glenn Lynch is a New York City-born, bicoastal producer, writer, and unit production manager working between NYC and LA. A U.S. Army and Air Force veteran and a graduate of the New York Film Academy’s producing program, he brings a disciplined, solutions-driven production approach to every project while maintaining a creative voice rooted in culturally grounded, character-driven storytelling. He founded Bodega Boys Entertainment LLC to develop
independent film and television centered on Black and Latino urban narratives, and has prior production credits including Unit Production Manager on Alien Heart and Key Production Assistant on Drama Box and ReelTV. On Weekend Warriors, Glenn is writing, executive producing, and serving as UPM, bringing the
series from concept through camera with full creative and logistical command.
Aureá González (Director, Co-Producer) – Aureá González is a Nuyorican filmmaker, actor, writer, director,
and producer, born and raised in the Bronx, and founder of Limitless Media Productions. Her credits span New Amsterdam, American Horror Story, Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and And Just Like That…. She has directed The Campaign and Drunk ‘N Love (& Shakespeare), and is the creator of Limitless Light Lab, a
film education program for emerging storytellers in underserved communities. On Weekend Warriors, she brings the visual language of the series to life: grounded, street-level, and unmistakably New York.
Victoria Paulin (Producer) – Victoria Paulin is a producer whose track record and industry relationships bring both credibility and momentum to Weekend Warriors. She is an active producer with multiple projects currently in production or pre-production, including Predictably Single, 93 ‘Til, Expiration Date, and Neighborhood Pushers. Her experience across a growing slate of independent film and television projects strengthens the team’s ability to bring this series to life, pairing creative ambition with real operational backbone.
