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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has catapulted his career from iconic professional wrestler to one of the highest-paid actors in the world. But his road wasn’t always an easy one, and some of his childhood stories are as unbelievable as they are wonderful life lessons. He fashions these stories into this sitcom, set up in the year 2032 as Johnson, now running for U.S. President, recalls how he is able to relate to the everyday people of America. Through flashbacks of his time at three ages, including grade school, high school, and college, fans see what life was like for a young Rock, who his mom affectionately called “Dewey.” From cavorting with some of the most well-known wrestlers as part of a wrestling family from a young age (his father is wrestler Rocky Johnson) to his unique stories about growing up without money and dealing with typical (and atypical) coming-of-age issues, it’s both funny and sweet. What makes the show all the more entertaining is that the stories stem from real events that happened in Johnson’s life.

In 2003, entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes founded the biotechnology company Theranos that promised to offer a revolutionary new method for blood testing. By 2015, she was was the richest self-made billionaire in America, but after the validity of her tech came under fire, it all fell apart, leading to her indictment and eventual conviction in January of this year for wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Based on the Rebecca Jarvis ABC Audio podcast of the same name, The Dropout stars Amanda Seyfried as Holmes and follows the story of how her and Theranos COO Ramesh Balwani (Naveen Andrews) misled and defrauded investors. If you’re curious about the story, The Dropout beautifully dramatizes events that Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall says “would feel too absurd to be true if we didn’t already know otherwise.”