Susan has always been the self-centered oddball in her family who lazily skated through life with their begrudging support until one day she wakes up to realize she’s middle-aged with no job, no relationship, and an increasingly estranged family. She finally decides to take charge and turn things around, but never having done anything herself before, the struggle is real (and hilarious) as Susan becomes the woman she always wanted to be, all on her own.
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When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis’s rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words — but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who’s after the same treasure.
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