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MATHILDA — Treatment

3 min readJul 2, 2024

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In the heart of New York City, Mathilda (42) leads a double life. By day, she volunteers at a group home for troubled youth, finding purpose in nurturing children who remind her of her own tumultuous past. By night, she works as a high-level fixer, using the skills she learned as a child assassin to navigate the city’s shadowy underworld.

Mathilda’s carefully balanced existence is shattered when Sophie (12), a girl from the group home with whom Mathilda has formed a close bond, goes missing. Despite Mathilda’s frantic efforts and her connections both legal and illicit, Sophie’s body is found days later, discarded like trash in an alley.

Grief-stricken and enraged, Mathilda vows to find those responsible. Her investigation leads her into the dark world of child trafficking, where her unique set of skills proves devastatingly effective. As she dismantles the operation piece by piece, she uncovers a vast network that reaches from the streets to the highest echelons of New York society.

Mathilda’s violent quest for justice draws the attention of Detective Sarah Chen (35), a driven cop with her own painful history in the foster system. Chen’s investigation into the vigilante activities threatening to expose the trafficking ring puts her on a collision course with Mathilda.

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