Beth is an aspiring writer with no career working in her field. And whose life was mostly revolving around canned soup, cat gaming, and binge-watching TV series. Her idealism about living until the day she dies began to blur in reality.
She attends a writing workshop with a fellow student named Alex. There, she meets a guy named Jarred. She sees the poster for their next class’s event and instantly recognizes it as her favorite TV show of all time. The only catch? She has to write the event from start to finish. On top of that, she has to do it in 10 minutes! With her remaining time already being about 20 minutes, Beth decides that if she can’t make this work out, there’s no point in trying at all.
Who’s In It
Diablo Cody, the screenwriter for Juno and Young Adult, is the creator of Life & Beth. The series stars Beth is played by Gillian Jacobs (Community) as a young woman trying to get her life together.
“I play a character named Beth who’s trying to make some big decisions in her life,” she said. “She’s trying to sort out what it means to have a life that you like.”
Diablo Cody said Life & Beth will be different from other streaming shows. It will be “a deep dive into the life of a young woman who has no idea what she wants,” she said.
What’s It About
The film is about Beth, a young woman who decides to end her life by jumping off a bridge. But after she’s saved, Beth discovers that if she had just held out for five more minutes, she would have not jumped at all. Now her mission is to find out why she was almost suicidal and if it will happen again.
Beth seems like the type of person who likes to be in control of everything but now feels lost and out of control. She also seems like someone who has low self-esteem and lacks confidence in herself. Stay tuned to see what happens with our new leading lady as she tries to find her way in Life & Beth on Hulu this fall.
