Their Needs, Their Goal – American Dreaming

By Isaac Chapin

The show

The series follows three college-aged sisters as they navigate their own lives, make their own money, and rely on each other in pursuit of their version of the American Dream. It focuses on how the conventional view of THE American Dream is unattainable propaganda and how these three first-generation women reinvent the American Dream to suit their own needs so they can achieve the goals that they feel they need.
Their everyday exploits working at Finelli’s, a local restaurant, and living in the area around.
The series is inspired by the experiences of my friend and roommate C and her two sisters. They are first generation Americans, whose mother immigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe in 1999. I am particularly interested in how their shared experiences have shaped their goals and trajectories, which are similar, but separate.

Target networks: FX, HBO MAX, HULU

The Sisters

Episodes

Pilot

It is Hana’s first day working at the restaurant with her sisters. A group of firefighters come in, they order a figurative metric ton of wings, which proves to be difficult for the
restaurant to serve.
Meanwhile a gossipy coworker tries talking shit about Nela to Hana, Hana turns around and loops Nela in, because “I will always put my sister over you”

New Car

Mina feels bad about having Nela drive her everywhere and has saved enough money to buy her own car. A day after she gets it, it gets totaled. She and Hana scramble to find the money to fix it.
Meanwhile, Nela must face off against a new coworker – a pizza serving robot

Jose

Nela’s boyfriend, Jose, is out of prison, again, and comes to visit the restaurant. He tries to help the sisters at work but keeps messing up. Hana and Mina are sick of him and confront Nela about his return, urging her to break up with him.

C is…