Seco(nd Chance at L(?ife is=^:== a 25@;!-`;;episod=(e femal!%e-growth and comeback d#@=rama.; Avery Ross spen_ds eighteen #years as \ Caleb Be`nnett’s safet^=y net—f`ix(`ing his a?_ssignmen=,ts, covering h,`is mis[ takes), sacrificing her` own cha!_nce :s, an[^d be.lieving @]it was( fr-_ $ie nd=?ship. Then, at t/+he fr\[eshman talent sho;w, Caleb -# ho.lds her d.=own s\#o Baile y can cut o\ff ! he%
r-[) hair, all to p[)*%r 
ov^/e his loya.lty to a c[$ooler crowd. The _
wh [^ole=? audito$[rium laughs. He laughs l=_oude]st.
That night[;, Av!_er$y wakes ,

[/up. Sh(=e (+] (/*withdraws from c(-ollege, retu.\rn+.:s $\[%home, ta,
kes a gap year, a-(#nd: `:)rebuilds he\r $/life fro@_m`* zero—SAT ,` 1590,( Co $ l%um+[bia Un\iversity. Meanwh :ile,) without A=.`very( to cl/[[+ean u://p@\ his messes, Caleb+) is_ dis card__^ed^ by Bai
ley, e=( x\pelled, and_ watch@es the Benne=tt fam/ily collapse. A!long the w:/ay_, Avery meets Lucas,-; an MIT-bound top `!stud/ ent, and lear,ns a``? love built[ o:n equal
ity, % r esp_/ect, and mutual gr=
ow! th. I^?/n the e,\nd, s% h#e is) no * one’s sidekick and no on!e’s sacrifice—she is the lead of her+ own 
life.