From mosh pits to motivational stages: a dark comedy about burnout, broken systems, and the business of hope.

SELF, HELP.
Pilot: “Soul Doubt”
Hour-long dark comedy

Logline: A burned-out government staffer pours his rage into a manifesto, sends it to every reporter in the state, and accidentally starts a movement. The self-help industry is ready to package it.

Summary: Brad Burkett used to stage-dive into crowds of a thousand screaming punk fans. Now he sits under fluorescent lights, writing press releases for a governor who’d rather be anywhere but accountable.

When a coworker dies on the State House steps, and Brad is told to write that his boss “wasn’t there,” he writes the truth instead and hits send. By morning his manifesto has turned to TikTok trend, and burned-out workers everywhere are walking off the job on camera.

Enter into the picture a self-help machine — lasers, sold-out arenas, a guru with a one-billion-follower smile, and a check big enough to cover his wife’s mounting medical bills. All Brad has to do is turn his rage into something they can sell, and get his own life back on track in the process.