Dropping the Soap

The cast and crew of long-running soap opera Collided Lives panics when they find out their executive producer is being replaced by a shark in a business suit: Olivia Vanderstein.

Olivia Vanderstein goes on a firing spree. Reeling, Julian Draker, longtime star of Collided Lives, goes to bat for his on-screen wife, Shea Buttersfield, and faces off with his castmate and arch nemesis, Kit Knockers.

Olivia feels the show needs ethnicity, so she hires an Iraqi actor, Raheem, to join the cast. Kit drops a bomb on Julian.

Olivia's new tactic to modernize the show sends the cast into a tailspin. Julian decides his romance with castmate Shea Buttersfield should go to the next level.

The off-screen war between Julian and Kit heats up as Julian enlists the help of Kit's twin brother, the head writer on the show. Julian and Shea are surprised when a friend from Julian's past shows up.