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Seven Days Thirty Again

Arthur Bennett, a 72-year-old retired repairman, is bullied and knocked unconscious at a rainy bus stop. He wakes inside his 30-year-old body—with only seven days to finish what he left undone. He retaliates against the bullies, then returns to his son’s home posing as “an old colleague of his father.” There he discovers the family is being scammed into selling his old house to a corrupt elderly-care real-estate company. His granddaughter Ellie sees through his identity and becomes his secret ally. Over seven days, Arthur chases his old dream of jazz, reunites with Rose—the love he missed sixty years ago—and finally hears his son Daniel’s lifelong resentment: his father’s absence when Daniel was bullied, and his silence when Daniel’s mother died. When his identity is exposed, Arthur faces a choice: keep his young body forever and let his elderly body die, erasing every bond—or embrace his whole life. Guided by a recording from his late wife Margaret, he gives up eternal youth. On the final day, he and his daughter-in-law expose the scam, help the elders reclaim their homes, and he apologizes to his son. The countdown ends. Arthur wakes in his 72-year-old body—not with a miracle, but with his family’s respect, control over his life, and the courage to sing on stage.

Story Guide

Episode 1

Arthur Bennett is seventy-two, and the world has decided he's in the way. At a rainy bus stop, a simple request to wait his turn turns ugly fast. Three young men mock him, shove him, film him as he falls. "I wasn't always this useless," he says—and it lands like a promise. The episode lays out the humiliation plainly: a man treated as disposable, his dignity stripped in public. Then everything goes dark. Whatever happens next, you already know Arthur isn't the type to let this slide.

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Episode 2

The hospital. Arthur is admitted with head trauma, hypothermia, an irregular heartbeat. His family gathers outside, and the cracks show immediately. Voices argue over whether the old man brought it on himself by arguing with strangers; someone pushes back; Daniel tries to keep the peace. Nobody can agree on who's at fault, only that the bills are piling up. A nurse demands upfront payment. Then the monitor flatlines—no blood pressure, defibrillator, clear. Arthur is slipping away. The family is left arguing in a hallway while the man they're fighting over dies on the table.

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Episode 3

Arthur wakes somewhere impossible—young again, staring at his own thirty-year-old face. "Am I dead?" he asks. A voice gives him the terms: seven days to finish what he left unfinished. On the news, the real story plays out: seventy-two-year-old Arthur Bennett is in a coma, police hunting the three young men from the video. So if he's here, who's in that bed? His son's voice breaks through, begging him to stop scaring them. Arthur demands to see the real him. The monitor spikes. Two versions of one man, and only one week to sort it out.

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Episode 4

Arthur tracks down the bullies. He doesn't shout—he just refuses to move. "Pick it up. Apologize," he tells the one who shoved him. The kid laughs it off, so Arthur names what everyone saw: an old man lying in the rain while nobody filmed who pushed him. A dash cam surfaces. The bully's defiance crumbles into a muttered apology. Arthur walks away calm, almost satisfied. But someone watched the whole exchange and made a call: change the locks on the Bennett house, and find out who this young man really is.

Episode 5

Arthur shows up at Daniel's door claiming to be an old colleague of his father. Daniel studies him—the voice sounds strangely familiar. The conversation turns tense fast. Daniel vents about Arthur's stubbornness, the hospital, the family's mess. But when Arthur notices the house is being sold, he pushes back hard. He spots a signature and insists Arthur would never sign it that way. A family voice bristles: this is a family matter. Then Ellie appears at the stairs. She's been watching him the whole time, and she doesn't look convinced by the "old colleague" story at all.

Episode 6

The fight over the house explodes. Arthur challenges the family's decision to sell—when was it decided, did Arthur even know? The family fires back with the practical truth: taxes, insurance, hospital bills, Ellie's tuition, Daniel's shaky job. Then the darker machinery surfaces. Mercer's company, Golden Horizon, is offering forty percent below market with a senior care bed attached. Daniel signed as power of attorney, but the paperwork claims Arthur signed it himself. A clerical error, they say. Arthur knows better. And when Grant Mercer's name comes up, he reveals he was there the day Arthur was knocked down.

Episode 7

Arthur starts clearing the house, and someone stops him cold. The "old colleague" has no legal standing here. But Arthur turns the interrogation around: forty percent below market tied to a care bed isn't care, it's robbery. The stranger digs into Arthur's records—no license, no address, no past. "Like you came out of nowhere." Then a quiet observation lands: he looks a lot like Arthur did when he was young. Then a recording stirs. Margaret's voice: "Arthur, if you're finally hearing this, it means I'm gone." He's been burying the words that mattered most.

Episode 8

Ellie tails him—badly—and he calls her out. Then he tells her something only her grandfather could know: the red kite she lost as a child wasn't lost. He hid it behind the north wall, under the third beam, because the cracked spool would have cut her hand. Ellie freezes. The voice, the pauses, the breathing—it's him. She tests him with the wedding ring he keeps touching. "Say you're not Arthur Bennett." He can't. She sees the truth. "You're not grandpa's friend," she says. "You're my grandfather."

Episode 9

Ellie knows. So who's in the hospital bed? Arthur doesn't have answers—clone, out-of-body, parallel universe, he's seventy-two, not a physicist. What he has is a list. Seven days: stop the house sale, find the forger, see Rose, finish Margaret's recording, sing a song, apologize to Daniel, see the ocean. Ellie crosses out the last one—of course he'd cut his own wish first. She wants to tell Daniel. Arthur refuses. Once Grant knows the truth, he becomes a headline, a lab rat. So he keeps lying to his family. Again.

Episode 10

The rules tighten. If Arthur doesn't finish in seven days, does the young body vanish? Does the old one wake? Or do both die? "Seven days are not a promise," the voice says. "They are what remains." At the hospital, Arthur's real body deteriorates—abnormal heart rhythm, nervous responses reacting to a stimulus that isn't there. The doctor warns: if he doesn't regain consciousness within seven days, he may not make it. Five days left. Arthur feels the pull dragging him back, day by day. Then he calls out to Daniel, desperate and breaking.

You'll want to see how these seven days play out—start watching and keep the tissues close.

Cast

  • Arthur Bennett — 72-year-old retired repairman who wakes in his 30-year-old body
  • Daniel — Arthur's son
  • Ellie — Arthur's granddaughter who sees through his identity
  • Rose — The love Arthur missed sixty years ago
  • Margaret — Arthur's late wife
  • Mercer — Corrupt elderly-care real-estate developer
  • Grant Mercer — Mercer's son who knocked Arthur down

FAQ

What is Seven Days Thirty Again about?

Arthur Bennett is a 72-year-old retired repairman who is bullied and knocked unconscious at a rainy bus stop. He wakes inside his 30-year-old body with only seven days to finish what he left undone. He retaliates against the bullies, returns to his son Daniel's home posing as an old colleague of his father, and discovers the family is being scammed into selling his old house to a corrupt elderly-care real-estate company.

Who is the main character in Seven Days Thirty Again?

The main character is Arthur Bennett, a 72-year-old retired repairman who wakes in his 30-year-old body.

Who is Ellie in Seven Days Thirty Again?

Ellie is Arthur's granddaughter. She tails him, and he tells her something only her grandfather could know: that the red kite she lost as a child wasn't lost—he hid it behind the north wall, under the third beam, because the cracked spool would have cut her hand. She tests him with the wedding ring he keeps touching and concludes, "You're not grandpa's friend. You're my grandfather." She becomes his secret ally.

Who is Daniel in Seven Days Thirty Again?

Daniel is Arthur's son. He tries to keep the peace when the family argues at the hospital, and Arthur later shows up at his door claiming to be an old colleague of his father. Daniel signed as power of attorney on the paperwork for the house sale.

What is the house sale scheme in Seven Days Thirty Again?

Mercer's company, Golden Horizon, is offering forty percent below market with a senior care bed attached. Daniel signed as power of attorney, but the paperwork claims Arthur signed it himself—dismissed as a clerical error. Arthur insists that forty percent below market tied to a care bed isn't care, it's robbery.

What are Arthur's seven tasks in Seven Days Thirty Again?

Arthur's list of seven days includes: stop the house sale, find the forger, see Rose, finish Margaret's recording, sing a song, apologize to Daniel, and see the ocean. Ellie crosses out the last one—of course he'd cut his own wish first.

Is Seven Days Thirty Again worth watching?

The article describes it as a story where a man treated as disposable gets a second chance, with a hook built around seven days to finish what he left undone. It closes by urging viewers to see how the seven days play out and to keep the tissues close.

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