Act-Anon

- Season 1

(2013)

Gio loves his beautiful, talented and sexy wife Claire. Claire, a professionally trained actress, is making head way in Los Angeles through any role she can get, a concept lost on Gio who believes that with training it shouldn't be hard. His sometimes errant remarks about the industry have caused friction with Claire and have led him straight to Act-Anon's doors.

Marnie is an Alabama native who moved to Los Angeles with her teenage daughter Natalie for pilot season. She doesn't even know what pilot season is, other than it's important to her young actress daughter, Natalie. As she navigates the newness of Act-Anon and her allergies she begins to discover some sense of security- from Natalie's actor mood swings.

Albert's mother is an actress, his grandmother is an actress and surprise... his fiancé Marcus happens to be an actor. No stranger to the Act-Anon rooms- Albert is working on serenity in love especially when unbeknownst to him he pushes his partner's ultra sensitive "actor" buttons.

Nadia is a successful pediatrician who was overshadowed by her younger sister Lil. She doesn't "do" emotions. Lil "does" emotions, in other words she bakes them on high for 20 minutes in the microwave. Only this time it isn't a baked potato exploding- it's Nadia. The sudden rush of emotions leaves Nadia at a stand still and she turns to Act-Anon to make sense of her sudden outbursts.

Hope loves Rob. Rob loves Hope...and musical theatre. They are trying to make a baby. With Rob's singing and Hope's desperation to conceive, tensions in the house are rising. But with a spirit that underlies her name and a love for Act-Anon and the steps of her program she is able to make the most of her situation with love, humor and yes a little bit of...(wink wink) in the bedroom.

Lovely Colette is the Act-Anon leader. A position that she has sought out in order to find her voice because in her family, she wasn't heard-literally. In this episode with new found bravery she speaks to her mother for the first time.