Try Running First, Little Bunny Plot Recap & Cast

You're pregnant by a mafia don. Your best friend is pregnant by a political heir. Do you: A) Run, B) Fake your death, or C) Both?

Elena and Sloane picked C. And for three glorious years, it actually worked. They drained their dangerous men's fortunes, vanished into the wind, and lived like the world's most reckless single moms. Then their past came knocking.

The Great Escape: Two Women, One Insane Plan

Sloane is the doormat wife of political heir Julian Vance—married for family alliance, treated like furniture for three years. Elena is the kept stand-in lover of mafia don Dante Morretti, kept in his villa purely because her face resembles the woman he never got over. By day, both women play the tragic, pining partner. By night, they burn through their men's money.

Then both turn up pregnant. Sloane's verdict is instant and iconic: "I've saved enough. I'm keeping the baby. Ditching the baby daddy." Elena, after a beat of stunned silence, admits she's pregnant too. Same plan, same timeline.

But leaving isn't simple. These men own the city. Julian's family owns politics; Dante has cops and criminals in his pocket. So the women get creative—they stage their own deaths. They even settle the pettiest detail: who dies first. Sloane wins the coin toss of doom, grinning as she skips off to plan her "glorious death."

Before that, though, Elena sneaks into Dante's garden to grab her hidden valuables. A gun presses to her neck. Dante has her. He carries her to a table, arranges roses over her body, and warns her never to leave without permission. It's terrifying—and it's exactly the kind of moment that makes Elena realize she can't stay.

The Money Years: Three Years of Freedom (and a Lot of Cash)

The fake deaths land. For three years, Elena and Sloane live off the fortunes they siphoned, throwing cash around like it's going out of style. No men, no control—just two best friends raising their kids on stolen money.

But Elena's relationship with Dante wasn't all fear. He spoiled her—fireworks on her birthday, a whole garden of roses because she mentioned liking them once. He gave her everything except the one thing she actually wanted. So she finally confronts him: "Dante, the woman you love most. I gave you everything but the title." His answer is a blank stare and a cold "That was none of your business." Then he walks out. Elena, clever as ever, realizes this is her window—he won't call or visit for days. Perfect timing to disappear.

That's the tragedy buried under all the scheming. Both women loved men who couldn't love them back. And both men are about to prove they're not done.

The Past Strikes Back: Celeste Returns and Everything Explodes

Celeste—Julian's secretary and Dante's former love—comes back, and she's the wedge that cracks everything open. She throws herself down the stairs right in front of Sloane to frame her for a miscarriage. Julian, blind as ever, turns on his own wife. Elena fires back at him: "You think I did it, Julian? How could you suspect Sloane? She's your wife." His response? He tells Sloane he doesn't want to see her again—on their wedding anniversary, at the party she spent three months planning.

Then comes the cruelest test. A kidnapper forces Julian to choose: Sloane or Celeste, one building each, rigged to blow. Celeste plays the martyr perfectly, telling him not to pick her. Julian picks Celeste. He even ignores Sloane's desperate call for help, convinced she's staging another stunt.

Two days later, he finally checks his phone. Nothing from Sloane. Uneasy, he calls Elena, demanding to see his wife. Elena's reply is ice: "Sloane is dead." She gives him an address. At eleven at night, Julian walks into a funeral home and sees what Elena is holding. His hands start to shake. She was pregnant, Elena tells him—and it's too late for everything.

Julian tries to claim her: "Wait, she was my wife." Elena doesn't flinch. "When Sloane was alive, her love for you was the thing that kept her trapped in the Vance house. Now that she's dead, she finally gets to stop loving you." She walks out with Sloane's freedom in her hands.

But wait—Dante is still out there, and he refuses to lose Elena again. The women ran once. The men are done letting them.

The moments that hit hardest:

• Sloane and Elena deciding who "dies first" like it's rock-paper-scissors
• Dante arranging roses on Elena's body as a warning
• Celeste throwing herself down the stairs to frame Sloane
• Julian choosing Celeste over his own wife in a literal life-or-death vote
• Elena telling Julian his dead wife "finally gets to stop loving him" to his face

If you love a story where the girls run the con and the men are left chasing shadows, this one's for you. You'll be rooting for Elena and Sloane long before the dust settles.