Once Poseidon's prince, Triton now rows as a galley slave. He means to reclaim Atlantis.
#52 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
Back to 1995: The Deadbeat Genius
Reborn in 1995 inside a heavy drunk who robbed his own wife, a supercar genius must win her back.
NetShort · 37 episodes · about 1.9 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked30of 37 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Ethan, a supercar genius from 2026, dies in a test crash and opens his eyes in 1995. There he is a 300-pound drunk who once stole from Nora, his wife, a former Army engineer who gave up her whole life for him. Ethan wants to repay her, so he sets out to rebuild his body, career and marriage. He also plans to use future technology to turn Hayes Dynamics into a global auto empire.
Rebirth & time travelBusiness / rags-to-richescomeback grindfuture-tech smarts
Who will like it: viewers who liked second-life resets where a flawed man rebuilds himself to win back the wife he hurt.
Main characters
- Ethan: supercar genius who wakes up in 1995
- Nora: former Army engineer and Ethan's wife
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 30 locked. About 1.9 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 37
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 30
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 37 | 7 | 30 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 37 episodes is longer than 50% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 7 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 19% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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Details the apps publish
- Languages
- English, German, Japanese, Korean, Thai, ar_AE
- App tags
- Karma Payback, Revenge, Underdog Rise
- NetShort
- 2.6K likes, 6.1K followers
The apps' own counts, shown as printed, never folded into the reader rating.
Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.