"Would you rather be someone you're not?" She pressed further, eyeing him with a steely determination.
"Then, I'll take my chances." He replied, running out the door and leaving her alone in her office.
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JOHN MICARRO is an excutive producer at SWFT, a musical-centric company that sponsors and kickstarts bands that have potential to go big, was given a challenging task after SWFT nearly loses it's reputation to start a band, and start it fast.
JAMES ANTE is a local, struggling performer who, despite a troubling past, confidently strides to the center of the arena and sings his heart out, but soon encounters a problem that could hold him back from the stage for as long as he lives.
JAMIE SAN ANDRES is doomed to his forever fame-encrusted family name, he swore to live out his passions independently without the pressure of the world crashing on his shoulders. The weight returns, and he faces a crisis only his last name could solve.
LANCE KRISLAN could be in deeper trouble, as a college student with a shifted course, alongside his dilemma at home. An introverted person could not expect anything worser than showing himself to the world, only to receive such treatment.
To SHANE ROBLES, family comes first. Within a glimpse of someone's true nature, he stumbles upon his philosophy as his long-lived by saying is challenged, along with his enduramce and faith.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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