Episode 1, The Pleasants
Welcome to Episode 1 of Season 1 AKA generation 1 of the Pleasants.
As you may know, Mary-Sue and Daniel Pleasant are married with twin teen daughters Lilith and Angela. Lilith is more of a goth trouble maker and Angela is more preppy and popular. Mary-Sue and Daniel's marriage has been a bit rocky due to Daniel stepping out and cheating with multiple women including the town's promiscuous maid Kaylynn Langerak; Mary-Sue too busy to notice and focusing on building her political career to one day be a mayor of the town.
Mary-Sue discovers Daniel cheating after coming over early from a bad day at work; there he was in bed with their maid. She decides to take her daughters and parents on a well needed family vacation to get away from the drama and reflect on what to do about her marriage. She decides she wants to learn more about her roots and goes to Takemizu Village. At first Mary-Sue was worried about how this would make her parents feel since she was adopted and was afraid their feelings might be hurt. But, of course they love their daughter and were proud she wanted to learn about her culture and that she would include them on her journey. During the vacation Mary-Sue finds herself again and meets a wonderful local who shows her how to be free and fun and not to let work or anyone else consume her. She even enjoyed a romantic evening with the gentleman but knew it was only for the vacation and ultimately she would need time to herself before jumping into a relationship. But then to her surprise, the next day Daniel, shows up to the village with a little nudge from his teenager daughters with flowers and a heartfelt apology which makes Mary-Sue happy and conflicted. She decides to hear him out and he takes her out to a five star Asian cuisine restaurant followed by an amazing Ninja dancing show and after the dream date she decides to give her marriage a second chance. Daniel leaves the following morning and the rest of the family enjoy their vacation. Daniel cleans up his act and actually remains faithful, cutting off all ties to the other women and even stopped going to the strip club. Mary-Sue spent less time focusing on work, which actually paid off. Going with the flow got her the promotion and her marriage was better than ever. The teen daughters were even doing well.
Lilith hated seeing her mother so heartbroken but it actually made them bond more and even made Lilith give up her gothic ways. She started studying more bringing her grades up to an A+, being involved in more schools activities and even helping out around the house, it's probably due to the great influence her boyfriend Dirk Dreamer gave her. He would stay up all night with her talking about their family struggles and would even tutor her after school. Hearing Dirk talk about the divorce his parents went through made Lilith appreciate her family more and she even started spending more time with her sister Angela. They would hangout and go on double dates together. Sometimes they would just like to be in the same room together while Angela would learn a new song on her guitar or read a new novel, Lilith would paint portraits and still life using the new skills she learned from Dirk's dad, Dareen Dreamer.
Angela discovered more about herself on vacation as well. She was tired of always being the "perfect" one and loved the escape she would get by going to her boyfriend, Dustin Broke's house. She would help Dustin's mom out by cleaning, cooking, and babysitting while Brandi Broke would go to work to support the family-it's been a bit tough around their place while Skip Broke was still in a coma after his pool accident. Angela loved feeling needed at the Broke's place, but during her stay at the village she loved the alone time, exploring all the great things Takemizu had to offer. One night while wandering she found a local karaoke bar and played a song she had been working on and received amazing feedback, she even stumbled upon the love of plants while at the Zen Garden and built her own personal garden as soon as she got back from vacation. With her new hobbies, supportive boyfriend and even new friendship with her twin sister, Angela was loving life.
A year later the twins moved off to college after graduating high school with their high school sweethearts. Daniel and Mary-Sue were now empty nesters and loving their free-time. Mary-Sue even started having weekly lunches with her friends; Cassandra Goth and Brandi Broke. Daniel was pretty busy at work being the new Head coach of the super Llamas football team. Making Mary-sue feel a bit lonely at home; and even worse her mother Carol Oldie had died, all within two months after the twins went to college. Mary-Sue missed having someone to take care of so she and Daniel decided to adopt a dog; which couldn't have happened at a better time because just one week before the dog's arrival Mary-Sue's father Herb Oldie had also passed away. With her parents gone she was lonelier than ever and didn't feel like seeing or even talking to her friends, she stopped going to the lunches. But that cute and cuddly dog, Chester sure knew how to cheer her up. They would go on long walks around the town and she even started teaching him new tricks. She was slowly starting to feel like herself again. Life was going well for Mary-Sue and Daniel.
Stayed tune for Episode 2-Lilth and Angela at University.
