Outline

I. College years

  A. Thrust together as dormmates, sophomore year of college

    1. Come up with some silly shit they do

  B. Get a house together (with some other dudes, later women?)

  C. Jim drops out for a year to "find himself" after junior year; still lives with Mike, smokes up a lot, waits tables. Comes back for senior year after Mike has graduated, moved to NYC for 2 years

    1) Mike and Krystine start dating

    2) Undercurrent of annoyance from Tony, Allison and Krystine over Jim being a bit of a loser; Mike gets degree in finance, takes good job, becomes a bit of a favored "son".

      a) Mike moves away for 2 years to work in NYC; he and Krystine break up, but stay in touch

    3) Jim finally finishes degree in music

II. late 20s, early 30s

  A. Mike and Krystine

    1. Mike moves back from NYC, he and Krystine immediately rekindle relationship, quickly decide to get married

  B. Jim

    1. Just as Mike moves back from NYC to be with Krystine (who graduates just before the wedding...becomes a ? schoolteacher? Who knows), Jim moves to NYC to further his music career, write musicals

III. Early 40s (they split up, he fucks a dude, gets shot)

  A. Jim makes a nice pile on a few musicals, decides to retire early and work on writing really good classical music, moves back home to wherever he's from (gotta come up with that too), gets back in close touch with Mike and Krystine

  B. Mike and Krystine don't have much sex

  C. The divorce;

    1) Mike gives up pretty much everything without a fight

      a) Trying to keep his homosexuality a secret, as well as the fact that cheated on her with a dude

    2) Kids go to Krystine, who moves back home

  D. Tony finds out that Mike had been cheating on her with a dude and snaps

    1) Tony gets drunk, goes to Mike's new apartment, beats the shit out of him; Mike dies in the hospital two days later

      a) Tony's homophobia, along with disappointment with "Favored Son" Mike, makes him go nuts

IV. Aftermath

  A. Investigation & Trial?