Entered into: Best newform drama series



Produced by: Pumpkin Patch Productions

For: Bell Fibe TV1

Distributed by: Bell Fibe TV1, OUTtv, OMG Media]



At the insistence of her friends, 73-year-old Abigail begrudgingly crashes a bereavement group therapy session just days after losing her wife of 30 years. Armed with the remnants of a half-eaten, “sorry-for-your-loss” lasagne, Abigail is ready to defend her sunny outlook on life.
There she meets Quinn, 30, a widow who has been intensely mourning the loss of her husband for 4 years. She never misses a counselling session and often takes a deep interest in other participants’ grieving. Starting off on the wrong foot the two women collide, their stark differences evident in their choice of careers, friends or lack thereof, and grieving process. But their values of family, hope, and honouring their loved ones unexpectedly bring them together.
As the two develop an unlikely friendship, the up-tight and meticulously organized Quinn agrees to help the fun-loving Abigail save her drag king bar, a safe haven that Abigail and her late wife built from the ground up. While Abigail encourages Quinn to live life fully and open up to the possibility of living life for herself for the first time. In their own way, the two women help one another process their grief and learn that good grief is growth, and growth is an essential part of life.