Residential

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After torpedoing her GPA and crash-landing in the ER, Hannah is placed on academic probation and pressured into a residential treatment center to get help for her eating disorder.

The Anuket Recovery Collective, or "Khaki Hogwarts," is a McMansion deep in the California suburbs. Daily schedules are rigorously structured. Bathrooms and kitchen cabinets can only be unlocked by counselors. Every mirror has been papered over.

Alongside Hannah is precocious teenager Zoe, temperamental retired model Jess, new mom Priya, eccentric diabetic Belen, and recently-engaged therapist Nicole.

Rotating perspectives explore the interior world of clients and staff as they struggle to navigate rules, restrictions, and recovery.

The problem for Hannah is, she still does not believe she is sick.All Rights Reserved

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