An ex-NASCAR driver with anger issues is ordered by the court to work for the optimistic owner of a failing driving school.

SYNOPSIS:

TONE

This show is a comedic exploration of the human spirit. The situations are familiar, but in a heightened reality. The characters have heart and determination, which leads them astray. There’s just enough drama to set the stakes high. And then we play the situation for laughs. Single camera. Cinematic.

THE POSTER

Bokor smiling. Behind the wheel. Eyes closed.

SUMMARY

Drive on the freeway lately?

Yeah. It’s like watching a jailbreak from the zoo. Four-thousand-pound buffalo stampeding scared. Antelope skipping from lane to lane. And raging lions taking whatever they please. Put a human being behind the wheel and they revert back to their animal spirits: selfish, petty and aggressive. Well, at least that’s been my experience on the freeway. Everyone is driving angry.

It’s almost as if someone were teaching them to drive like that.

The half-hour television series ANGRY DRIVING SCHOOL is a comedy about an instructor who breaks students out of their cages and then gives them the worst driving advice imaginable. Filled with hope and optimism, the show reaffirms one’s love for their fellow human – in spite of the fact that they just cut you off in traffic.

Meet your driving instructor, BOKOR DARKHAUS. He’s… well… yeah, we’re gonna go with “angry.” Why? Because he’s convinced he’s cursed (more on that later), but the man has a heart as big as the sky. The arc of the series follows Bokor as he fights his way back to his truly pleasant nature. But that’s easier said than done. Remember, he’s cursed.

As we enter our story, we find Bokor at a vulnerable time in his life. He needs money… fast. He’s living in his ex-wife’s basement. And he’s battling the most powerful person in town, his mother ABIGAIL DIGBY.

Sentenced to teach at a failing driving school by his father Judge Rayburn Darkhaus, Bokor clashes with HARPER GOODWIN, the bubbly owner of the Twain Safe Driving Academy. She’s conservative, optimistic and in charge. Bokor assumes he’s in charge of every room he enters, so this power struggle never ends. Well, until Season Two, when they start dating. Wait, we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

But the engine that really drives this show is Bokor’s relationship with the students. Meaning, his compulsion to inject himself into their personal lives. You see, Bokor doesn’t view the world as it is, but rather as it should be. So when the two worlds are outta whack, Bokor feels compelled to resolve the issue. Springing ’em outta their cages. And his students bring him real-world issues, including…

· Bullying

· Peer Pressure

· Dating

· Insecurity

· Unrealistic Expectations

So while Harper tries to fix Bokor, he tries to fix the world. Why?

Well, that’s how he’s gonna break the curse. Bokor realizes the more people he helps, the better his luck becomes. Pretty selfish motivation, sure. But hey, it’s a win-win… for now. It’s much later (we’re talking Season Three) that Bokor learns he should be helping people because it’s the right thing to do. And that insight puts him on the real path to lifting the curse – if he can just keep his anger in check.

In every episode, Bokor gets to the bottom of the problem du jour and fixes it. Even if it kills him. We laugh because he’s at odds with Harper. We feel for him because he’s saving students. We love him for his passion. And we identify with him because he makes mistakes, at least tries to make amends, and cares deeply.

You’ll laugh at moments like Bokor railing against his father in court, hijacking a classroom of students and picking a fight with a student’s father. He’ll challenge the court order. He’ll challenge every traffic law on the books. And every episode you’ll root for him as he moves a tiny bit closer to breaking the curse.

Bokor would say traffic school is about survival. But this comedy is more about human spirit smashing through obstacles. And Bokor overcoming the curse that’s holding him back from being the person he actually is… our hero.

ANGRY DRIVING SCHOOL