>>Again, why does somebody need a degree to study something?

They don’t. But that’s not what the logline implies. “Entomologist” implies somebody with the credentials, a degree. If he doesn’t have it, he’s an amateur. I can study being a lawyer till doomsday. But if I can’t pass the bar exam, I can’t be officially recognized as a lawyer, nor legally practice as one. Professions have credentials, standards, requirements.

>>The plan itself isn?t that important.

Bummer. People didn’t queue up for hours outside the theater for “Jaws” primariliy to watch police chief Brody argue with the mayor and local businessmen, trying to overcome their denial that they had a shark problem (although for 1st hour of the movie, that’s what he did). They lined up and paid their money for the HOW, how Brody and the crew go after the shark.

What I see entailed in your premise is a promise: that there’s going to dramatic showdown between the amateur entomologist and the spiders. That’s the expectation people will be paying to see. Not the protagonist persuading a veteran to vacate his apartment (although that can be a complication).