THE B.O.G. (Bunch Of Guys)

Derek starts a men's group because he is lonely. Their attempts to help each other keep making things worse.

A half-hour ensemble comedy filmed in North Dakota.

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The show

THE B.O.G. follows four men who start meeting in a church basement. The group catches on, and new chapters begin appearing across the region. Before long, the founders are dealing with something much bigger than the support group they meant to start.

Five pyrotechnic flame jets fire in a row down a nighttime parking lot as a crew member kneels in the foreground and a man shouts with arms raised between them
Night exterior, downtown parking lot. Practical pyrotechnics, rigged on location.

Pilot: "All For One"

One of the guys starts to think his wife is up to something behind his back. He brings it to the group, and the group agrees to help him find out. Every one of them is confident he can handle it.

It gets away from them fast.

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Episode format

Each episode begins with a problem inside the group. Their attempt to solve it makes the situation worse.

Season 1

"The Dentist"

Someone from Jake's past turns up at a meeting with a question he would rather skip. The group closes ranks.

The guys

Derek, mid-conversation at night outside the church meeting room, gesturing as he talks

Derek

Derek started the group because he was lonely and now feels responsible for keeping it together.

Nathan, glasses and blazer, listening during a tense nighttime conversation

Nathan

Nathan is a therapist who brings research, advice, and very few boundaries to the group.

Jake grinning in a wingback chair, beer in hand, surrounded by leather-vested bikers

Jake

Jake tells everyone he is a dentist, and the group takes his word for it.

Corey, bruised and bloodied, mid-argument in a nighttime parking lot after the fight

Corey

Corey joined because he has started to wonder how his wife spends her afternoons.

Behind the pilot

Filmed on location in North Dakota with a small local crew.

Crew operating a DJI Ronin gimbal rig with a Canon EOS C500 camera in a fluorescent-lit church meeting room, filming a seated actor in a plaid shirt as another crew member gestures in the foreground
The B.O.G.'s church-basement meeting room, shot on a Ronin gimbal.
Two crew members lean in to adjust a cinema camera mounted on a low tripod in a gravel parking lot at night, car headlights behind them

The creator

Derek Olson adjusting the follow focus on a RED camera's 75mm lens alongside a young crew member, on location in the church-basement set

Derek Olson wrote, directed, and independently produced THE B.O.G. He is a filmmaker and creative director based in North Dakota. At Disney's Maker Studios, he supervised productions that reached more than 100 million views. His animated pilot Millennial Taekwondo Tortoises received a Bronze at the 2026 Telly Awards.

dareolson.com

Cast and crew

Written & Directed byDerek Olson
StarringJake Thrailkill, Corey Long, Nathan Anderson, Derek Olson
Guest StarringTerry Effertz, Mike Annas, Myles Barcomb, Joe Skurzewski
Cinematography byEaston Bennett, Derek Olson
Music byPatrick Gutman
1st Assistant DirectorShaunAnne Tangney
Camera OperatorsGrant Gathman, Cutter Flory

Series at a glance

Format

Half-hour ensemble comedy

Comparables

Fargo meets Fight Club

Status

Pilot complete, "All For One"

Season 1

8 episodes, fully mapped

Setting and production

Upper Midwest, present day. Shot on location in North Dakota.

Materials

Series bible, pitch deck, finished pilot

Seeking

Representation and production partners

See the pilot

"All For One" is a completed 28-minute pilot.

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