>>80315616Nick and Judy should have separate but interwoven character dilemmas. Nick's will center on facing one's past. Judy's will be recognizing gray areas of law. Both dilemmas will add up to the old tried and true moral quandary of choosing one's loyalties. Hopefully against the backdrop of the superspy genre.
They can reuse the original concept of Nick escaping a prison, but make it his brother instead of him. Nick will reluctantly harbor and aid his fugitive brother. His bro is like Nick from the first movie but much more cynical and weary. He will insist that he's innocent while simultaneously trying to pull Nick back into his old life. Nick will secretly investigate his brother's case while keeping Judy in the dark so she doesn't risk losing her job too.
Judy will be covertly assigned undercover work to gather evidence on the big bad, which she is forced not to disclose any of this to Nick. It will be revealed that the big bad's business is a necessary evil of sorts and Judy needs to make the hard call of bringing him in or not.
This undiclosure of information between the two gives the illusion that they don't trust each other and drives a wedge between them.
Their individual investigations converge. The twist will be that his brother is not innocent and unwillingly works for the big bad and plays a key part in his plans. Nick needs to choose between him or Judy. He'll pick Judy obviously, but he'll do it in such a way that the messages from the first movie about believing in yourself and overcoming prejudices (whether yours or someone else's) kinda sorta gets to him to cause a heel-face-turn.
The brothers reconcile and his brother will go back to jail willingly to do his time. Nick and Judy will be closer than before and have a nice buddy moment at the end. Cue credits.
