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- "First Generation" is about an immigrant South Asian family in transition. The story unfolds through the actions of individual members of the Ratanji family. Asha and Ajay are in their early twenties and the cultural differences between them and their parents are reaching a peak. The secret love affair between Asha and Kevin becomes increasingly tense when pressure is exerted on Asha by her mother who wants to marry her off in the traditional manner. The father, on the other hand is more concerned about Asha's education. He has lost all hope in his son Ajay, who has a history of getting in trouble within the family and with the outside world. The father has invested all his trust in Asha until she reveals her secret affair, which leaves him feeling extremely betrayed. He is unable to control his rage. His violence and the constant persuasion by Kevin leaves Asha with no choice but to go her own separate way. Ajay is lost and confused in his enclosed world showing all signs of isolation... A final tragic situation has a humbling effect on the family, which ironically brings them all together...briefly
- John photographs affairs for a private investigator. A new client wants more than just photographs of her husbands infidelity. She wants to come along and watch the affair with John...
- "Zack is a stand-up comic. His sister Zoe is a lounge singer. Their agent, George is a novice. Welcome to the 'gigs' nobody wants to talk about: birthday parties, old folks' homes, dingy bars, and country fairs, even prisons..." George the agent works out of an office which doubles as a storage room in the back of his papa's barbershop. Slick talking and well intentioned, George has a cell phone and isn't afraid to use it. But when he somehow stumbles on a last-minute replacement gig for singer Zoe at an exclusive club, her comedian brother Byron is furious. Who wouldn't be, having just come from a nightmare gig at a rest home? When things threaten to go wrong during Zoe's performance, will Byron step up to help his sister? And does this dream gig mean that George is finally on to something? Don't count on it. As the series progresses, George's gigs become the stuff of legend, and Byron and Zoe's showbiz careers waver precariously between fame and dejection as their sibling rivalry reaches the kinds of heights that only two spotlight-craving, temperamental, fame-hungry stage hogs can achieve. They never give up. Helping and hindering is a revolving cast of fellow performers, amateur and professional, some handling the pressure and others losing it in ways that only stage performers can. Meanwhile, Zoe's roommate Miki, an artist, always armed with a digital camera, is there to capture the excitement. And businessman, Mr. Vijay Kumar, a Fijian immigrant of Indian descent and owner of the Irish bar/restaurant where Byron and Zoe work to pay their bills, sees himself as George's next client, regaling the agent with heavily-accented celebrity impressions every chance he gets. Combining fast-paced dialogue with stand-up comedy and musical performances, the pilot episode 'Loose Wires' of the sitcom "Gigs" follows the exploits of a core group of endearing characters while entertaining the viewer with the talents of a real-life comedian and a gifted singer.