An Italian psychotherapist, escaping her controlling mother and starting over in New York, is forced to clean apartments after suicides but through the grief of strangers, she begins to heal herself and rebuild the life she truly wants.

SYNOPSIS:

Lean is a thirty-year-old Italian psychotherapist who has spent her whole life under the control of a strict mother a woman who constantly dictated how Lyn should live, choose partners, dress, and routinely diminished her accomplishments. Dreaming of independence and a new life, Lean falls in love with an American man temporarily living in Italy. Together, they move to New York. But freedom proves more complicated than it seemed both Lean and her partner remain entangled in the psychological grip of controlling mothers, making personal happiness elusive. Eventually, Lean ends the relationship and tries to start over.

In the U.S., Lean cannot practice psychotherapy without an American diploma, so she is forced to take a job at a cleaning company that specializes in post-suicide cleanups. The first assignments are emotionally brutal, but Lean gradually realizes that she isn’t just cleaning homes she’s helping grieving families process the unbearable.

Each episode introduces a new story a young celebrity, a war veteran, a businessman who left a 20-page farewell letter. Through these encounters, Lean confronts the deeper social issues hidden beneath news headlines and becomes a source of healing offering others what she herself has always needed.

At the same time, Lean has to navigate complex dynamics with coworkers from diverse backgrounds: a Filipina who struggles with English, a bitter Polish woman obsessed with earning more money, and a Ukrainian mother constantly juggling phone calls from her husband and children while working.

Meanwhile, Lean fights an internal war against childhood trauma, impostor syndrome, and a fear of intimacy. Her relationships with her mother and ex-boyfriend reflect her unresolved emotional conflicts. A new clash emerges when the cleaning company’s owner a harsh, business-minded Polish woman begins monetizing emotional support services, forcing Lean to choose between walking away or standing up for something truly meaningful.

Another source of pressure is Lean’s expired tourist visa a constant fear of deportation hangs over her. She clings to the job partly because the company owner turns a blind eye to her immigration status.

Eventually, Lean enrolls in evening psychology courses, where her real-life experience often surpasses academic theory. After earning her diploma and securing a work visa thanks to an immigration lawyer whose uncle died by suicide and whose family Lean once helped she opens a private practice to officially support those grieving loved ones lost to suicide.