Ella McCay (2025)

Set in 2008, Ella McCay follows Emma Mackey as a 34-year-old lieutenant governor whose life is upended when her longtime mentor, the state's governor, leaves for a cabinet position and unexpectedly clears a path for her to take his place. Suddenly thrust into the center of a bruising political landscape, Ella must learn how to lead a state in crisis while every decision she makes is second-guessed by the media, party insiders, and the people closest to her. The job she thought she wanted becomes a minefield of competing agendas, backroom deals, and public expectations she can never fully satisfy. 

At home, things are even messier. Ella's strained relationship with her father, her complicated marriage, and a brother who keeps creating chaos all collide with the demands of running a government. Surrounded by powerful personalities who alternately support and sabotage her, she struggles to reconcile who she is with who everyone else needs her to be. Blending sharp political comedy with emotional family drama, Ella McCay explores what it costs to stay idealistic when you're in charge—and whether you can survive the people you love while trying to serve the people you represent.