Lester, a struggling corporate consulting office worker, accidentally kills his boss, seizing the chance to rise the corporate ladder, but his arrogant ambition jeopardizes his freedom and relationships.
This script follows Lester, a meek and disillusioned office worker, who, after a promotion-sparking accident, embraces a new life of corporate ambition. Manipulated by his senior partner, Harris, Lester orchestrates a series of "accidents" to eliminate rivals and climb the corporate ladder, all while his pregnant wife Susan and a quietly observant co-worker named Penelope begin to uncover his dark secrets. As Lester becomes more arrogant and powerful, he loses sight of his original motivations, leading to a tense, psychological game of cat and mouse that culminates in his public betrayal by Harris and a frantic, humiliating chase through the city streets. The story ends with Lester, stripped of his ego and power, facing a lonely and pathetic downfall, a prisoner of the very corporate system he tried to master.
When a self-indulgent motivational speaker is roped into performing with his estranged daughter in the town musical, he is forced to analyze his past, his morals, and his priorities in order to reinvent himself.
Steve Nichols is full-time struggling actor propelled into self-made reputation of crimefighter after besting would-be mugger on subway car in full costume...and in full view of adoring and awestruck public.
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