Alex's buddies Stevie, Reed, and Harper have joined forces to make the dating app to save modern love. Angel investor Lauren is on his way to save the day. These could be the worst people ever chosen for this task. Will these five fall flat on their faces? Or take off soaring on Silicon Alley??
On the way, will they find what their hearts and loins are looking for? Or will their shortcomings wreck their own love lives... and the app!
On the way, will they find what their hearts and loins are looking for? Or will their shortcomings wreck their own love lives... and the app!
Leaders in stupidity
Alex, CEOAlex is the co-founder and CEO for the new dating app, “Stupid Cupid.” Although completely confident in the direction of her career, her love life is a garbage fire. She’s has had such a difficult time meeting a normal guy she’s attracted to, she turned her struggles into something productive. Of all the people to be tasked with creating the fix to the online dating scene, Alex couldn’t be a worse choice. Impulsive and passionate, her relationships burn hot and fast, sizzling out between 3 weeks to 3 months. Maneater? That implies control. Instead, this artistic, strong-willed feminist often puts her well-meaning foot in her mouth. While she considers herself “woke,” her friends help her realize that she has a bit of bias about genders and sexual orientations outside her own. In time, we realize her mind may be expanding to genders she’s yet to explore.
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Harper, COOHarper is the COO for “Stupid Cupid.” She is playful, tender-hearted, and sometimes a bit of an air-head. She’s always loved kids and wants a big family. After marrying to her college sweetheart, her life was on the right track. That is, until her husband decided he didn’t like the restriction of monogamy right when they were about to start “trying.” They’re starting to float the idea of an open marriage before staring down the barrel at a divorce. Harper couldn’t be less interested in dating right now, but it seems a means to the end she desires. She knows what she wants, but she’s not sure how to get it. How do you go on a date and be casual when you know your biological clock is ticking… LOUDLY??
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REED, in-house council & CFOReed is the hard-working, in-house lawyer for “Stupid Cupid.” He also happens to be Alex’s cousin. Reed is a tough shell wrapped around a squishy sensitive center. He one day wants to settle down, he thinks. But the rules have changed so completely, and he’s quite enjoying the smorgasbord of hot sex. But he’s beginning to grow tired of his single-dom as he is creeping up on the big 4-0. A bit of a curmudgeon, he’s not sure if he believes in love or soul mates, but there’s got to be something better than this. Struggling with the societal pressure to be tough and the new pressure to be emotional (but not too) he’s finding himself a bull in a china shop amongst the sexually liberated feminist.
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Stevie, Co-founder & CTOStevie is the technical co-founder and front-end engineer for “Stupid Cupid”. He is outspoken, self-deprecating yet confident, funny and clever as hell-- by far the smartest of the bunch. But his journey is a complicated one, having to juggle not only other people’s hangups on not just gender and sexuality but his own fears about finding love and acceptance. His Stupid Cupid coworkers have become a substitute for family in light of a brutal past, which has brought Stevie wisdom beyond his years. Despite all of this, Stevie navigates even the most difficult of situations with a clever joke and an open heart.
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The reel deal
We love playing pretend. But the real people behind the show are even more interesting (and crush it harder than these budding entrepreneurs we see on the show.)
