Daniella is a beautiful girl, charming, loving, kind and caring. She's smart and, in so many words, perfectly imperfect. She's also Indian, lesbian, and closeted.
Elisa is pretty similar. Except she's even more charming, and really badass. She's Hispanic, lives with a homophobic mom, and, of course, lesbian.
When Daniella moves for the eighth time in her life, she's about ready to give up, she hates herself for being lesbian, for being different. She hates knowing that her own father hates her. Elisa is lonely, depressed and really, just done.
When these two girls meet, sparks fly. They're in love.
But, as in all cheesy love stories, there's a problem, many really, and adding gay panic to it results in one, big problem;
Being in love also means being in deep shit.
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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