For a persuasive speech assignment, Billy prepares to deliver "Why I'm a weirdo and why you should like me anyway" to his classmates, but first he must work his way past his ADHD, anxiety, and sadness.
Facing dire economic circumstances, a county executive and sheriff meet with a young entrepreneur who offers a lifeline in the form of private prisons. Will the county executive concede to incarcerating friends and neighbors to save the county or will conscience lead to fiscal collapse?
Under a flag lowered to half staff in recognition of an unknown death, one friend struggles to save the other from dark thoughts and despair over a society divided against itself.
When a single father encounters a drag queen reading for story hour outside the library's restrooms, misunderstandings and potential conflict looms until the father confesses his true motivations.
Amid the hurly burly of getting the extended family's Thanksgiving dinner on the table, a daughter hears the echoes of her mother as she braves the holiday for the first time as the family matriarch. A Christmas version is also available.
A minister providing pastoral guidance to a person in a crisis of faith navigates human suffering, varieties of venomous snakes, and the theological implications of soda choice.
Unexpectedly ahead of a vote on restricting abortion, a stalwart, conservative politician seeks more specifics when it comes to abortion access while being pressured by a party leader to vote first and ask questions later.
An overweight person who has finally committed to better dietary choices will begin life anew if they can only make it past the sometimes seductive, sometimes pushy checkout rack at the grocery store.
When two mothers compete for their children's benefit on a game show based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, things go very wrong.
A mother with local conservative ambitions attempts to corner her child's history teacher into admitting the Little Rock Nine history assignment is covertly critical race theory and is willing to resort to threats and coercion.
Jordan plans for toasted marshmallows and rekindled passion with Lee go astray when Jordan's overtop enthusiasms uncover Lee's doubts about the future of their relationship.
As their mother's battle with cancer comes to a conclusion, two siblings (one of whom is a magician and skeptic) negotiate their mother's desire to seek questionable care from a psychic con artist.
In the midst of a heatwave that threatens the city's electrical grid and the health and safety of all those relying on air conditioning to survive, Jake struggles to convince his elderly mother, Joyce, to move north to the relative safety of Wisconsin.
A couple argue over whether to evacuate or stay to defend their house against an approaching wildfire when a secret comes out.
One middle-school boy tries to lure back a friend who has self-exiled from their group when the third publically identifies as trans.
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