Lieth Von Stein and his wife, Bonnie Von Stein are attacked while sleeping in their Smallwood home in North Carolina. Bonnie Von Stein survived. Lieth was not so lucky. Bonnie has trouble dealing with the fact that her own son, Christopher Pritchard, along with two friends consipired to have her and her husband killed. Neal Henderson and Christopher Pritchard plead guilty and testified at the trial of James Upchurch, who was convicted and sentenced to die. Several years later, however, his sentence was vacated and Upchurch is now serving a life sentence.
Joanne Mayfield, head of the parental school commission, behaves like a dictator and makes all the other women her enemies. But when she suddenly falls dead on a party after having a sandwich, the main suspect is Susan, who served her the food. The handsome detective Joe Russo interrogates her repeatedly and they become friends. He invites her to help him with the investigation, what she happily accepts - too happily, says her husband.
Después de una serie de pequeños temblores en Los Ángeles, la Dra. Clare Winslow, una sismóloga local, señala la ubicación exacta y la hora en que el terremoto tan esperado, "The Big One", azotará el sur de California. Con esta información, ella debe luchar contra los funcionarios de la ciudad para divulgar esta información al público en general. Además, espera que su familia esté fuera de peligro cuando ocurra el terremoto. Las subtramas muestran cómo otras familias y personas se enfrentan a los temblores que azotan al inminente "Gran Uno".
Crónica de los últimos meses de Nixon en la Casa Blanca. Un déspota, pero también un humano: un individuo confundido y patético que nunca terminó de entender cómo, en menos de un año, pudo perder todo aquello para lo que había trabajado durante toda su vida.
Nora Scoonover is 35, divorced, in debt and going nowhere when her 16 year-old son, Steven, runs away from camp and asks to spend the summer with her. Together they decide that she will enter the Ironman Triathlon competition in Hawaii, although she has not done any running since high school. The experience brings them together.
