What are the key story phases in Finding Normal?

The story of Finding Normal progresses through these phases: The Big City Exodus, The Detour to Normal, Small Town Beginnings, The Awakening, The New Normal.

How does Finding Normal end?

In the final act ("The New Normal"): Lisa makes a life-changing decision, choosing to stay in Normal and embrace a more meaningful existence away from the glamour of her previous life.

Finding Normal (2013) — AI Story Visualization

Name: Finding Normal
Genre: comedy, family
Released: 2013
Rating: 6.7

Plot Analysis Summary

A surgeon discovers true meaning in life after being stranded in a small town

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

The Big City Exodus

The Detour to Normal

Small Town Beginnings

The Awakening

The New Normal

Dr. Lisa Leland is a brilliant surgeon with absolutely no bedside manner. She is leaving her practice at UCLA Hospital to move to the Hamptons where she will join her boyfriend as a concierge doctor, treating the rich and famous. As she drives cross-country to her new life she hits a tractor in Normal, North Carolina and her BMW is wrecked. Dr. Leland is found guilty of speeding and ordered to do community service as a doctor in Normal, population 332. In a town with no wi-fi, no lattes and no credit cards, Lisa Leland begins to find herself and discovers what a meaningful life is all about.

Directed by

Brian Herzlinger

Key Cast

Candace Cameron Bure — Dr. Lisa Leland
Valerie Boucvalt — Mandy
Lou Beatty Jr. — Doc Shelby
Dodie Brown — Dr. Maggie Parks
Trevor St. John — Lucas Craig

Rating: 6.7/10 (57 votes)