THE STEPS is a one-of-a-kind modern day noir thriller about Charlie Madison, a Hollywood P.I. who used to bug the houses of the stars before getting into hot water with the law and setting out to live under an assumed identity in small town, USA. Shot on location in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the web series depicts a tortured, recovering alcoholic who is desperately hoping that his dark past will stay behind him where he left it. But Charlie’s troubles have followed him to his new home, and they’re not going anywhere.
Meet Charlie Madison – small-time Los Angeles PI, fugitive from justice, recovering alcoholic; our hero. Charlie starts off the first episode of the series forgetting exactly where he is, and ends it forgetting the cardinal rule for any man trying to lay low while his extensive legal troubles blow over: never do illegal surveillance work for someone you don’t know.
