THE G.Y.M. — PILOT ACTS 2 & 3

About this episode

The episode continues the chaotic story of Valerie and her struggles at the gym as various characters navigate their own challenges.

THE G.Y.M. — PILOT, ACTS TWO AND THREE By Dani Hanks Pick up where Act One left off. Valerie still cannot get her commercial. The film crew is still in her face. The Solstice gym across the street is still winning. And things are about to get considerably worse. Bryan is teaching group fitness despite not knowing what "happy baby" is, and every senior in the building keeps asking when Reggie is coming back. Kayla is supposed to be training her client. Her client is currently turning purple under a barbell. The cameraman looks weirdly familiar to her and she cannot place it. Chris is somewhere in the locker room going through a smoothie situation he did not ask for. Wade the IT guy is crawling through a server closet stuffed with the unpaid invoices Valerie has been hiding in her clipboard. And Valerie, our hero, has just told the cute IT guy that her anaconda doesn't want his real estate funds. It's fine. Everything is fine. By the time we get to the pool, Alexa is jumping off a diving board she has no business being on, Bryan is leading a secret back room of seniors through a yoga pose he learned thirty seconds ago, Wade is sitting next to a soaking wet Valerie holding the worst…

Topics covered

• fitness
• chaos
• comedy
• gym culture
• relationships
• struggles

Keywords

• gym
• fitness
• chaos
• Valerie
• comedy
• characters
• struggles
• yoga
• group fitness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Solstice gym

Books & works: THE G.Y.M.

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