Poster: ReelShortReelShort · 2025
Countdown to Life: Rescue at 30,000 Feet
Episodes
66
Free
1–11
Status
Complete
Age rating
All Ages
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Cast
Drew Ater
Grace Fluharty
Luz Mendez
River Perkins
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Tropes and tags
- Genres
- Drama
- Tropes
- Hidden FeelingsHidden IdentityMistaken IdentityMorals & EthicsMultiple Identities
- Story beats
- Car AccidentIdentity RevealMisunderstandingSecret Reveal
- Characters
- BodyguardDoctor/SurgeonLoyalStrong-Willed
- Moods
- EthicalMedicalMoralityRace Against TimeSocial Issue
- Settings
- BanquetHospitalModernOffice
- Themes
- Family Drama
- Audience
- Male
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ReelShort synopsis
America’s top billionaire, Derek Wolf, is dying and hires elite surgeon Shaun to bring a donor kidney by plane for a secret transplant. But the flight is delayed when Kim — mother of Jessica, who’s engaged to Derek’s grandson Erik — goes to the bathroom. When Shaun urges them to hurry, Jessica humiliates him. After takeoff, Kim suffers a heart attack, and Shaun saves her, breaking her ribs in the process. Ungrateful, Jessica demands Shaun apologize in a humiliating way. When he refuses, she threatens to destroy the kidney. Forced to reveal Derek’s condition, Shaun pleads, but Jessica doesn’t believe him — until she smashes the case and sees the name on it: Derek Wolf, her own fiancé’s grandfather.