Sixty-year-old, free-spirited Billie Slate has never held a nine-to-five job. So when she and her bestie birth the brainchild of the Heartbreak Bunny one drunken night, it's the latest in a long line of unorthodox stints. And so begins the irresistible romcom that is Maddie Dawson's Snap Out of It.
Billie dons a bunny suit and helps the lovelorn move on -- or, as she so succinctly puts it, "snap out of it" -- by strong-arming them into tossing the pictures, love letters, and, yes, condom wrappers, that remind them of their exes. It's a successful enterprise that snowballs after Billie casts a spell -- she also dabbles in magic -- on the son of a local anchorman to release him from the hold of his ex-fiancé. The anchorman puts Billie on TV, fame and fortune follow, and she hops happily ever after down the bunny trail of the American Dream.
Well, not quite.
You see, Billie's daughter Louise, the popular influencer behind love story brand Lulu & Leo, is suddenly minus Leo. What's more, Billie's ex-husband Victor, who left her thirty-five years ago, has resurfaced. So Billie muddles through family drama while staunchly and hilariously defending her nose-twitching position that romance ruins lives. Even as she finds herself charmed by a certain irritatingly optimistic anchorman.
It's a crazy quilt of a story that shouldn't work but somehow does. Because Billie is very relatable, a woman of humor and principles endlessly challenged by life. Three marriages and a lifetime of living in a house with revolving boarders have made her tough but still always human. This, combined with the push and pull of her relationship with Louise adds to her appeal, showcasing her in all her flawed authenticity.
In other words, this bunny knows best, even when she's starting over.
Never underestimate the wisdom of rodents. 🐰
