Los Angelenos se convierten de la noche a la mañana en el objetivo de la Agencia de Inteligencia Central durante la Operación Medianoche Climax, parte de MKUltra. La experiencia se convierte en una trampa mortal durante la víspera de Fin de Año en 1960. Ahora, un grupo compuesto por un profesor, una estrella en ciernes y un grupo de trabajadores deben redescubrir la realidad para evitar quedar para siempre atrapados en un ciclo infinito de sexo, drogas y asesinato en el 'paraíso'.
Doyle Simms grows up across the Hudson from NYC and flees his toxic family to attend a film program there. After a bumpy first year he returns more determined than ever to become a storyteller and figure out his place. Financial setbacks force Doyle to find creative "rent-controlled living" and begin a dual life living out of Penn Station while going to school. We follow Doyle over his college years as he begins to build relationships with several colorful characters such as Saul, a homeless book dealer who shows him the ropes and his own brand of street philosophy, and Allyson, a beautiful, struggling actress he carefully begins to pursue and fall for. Doyle begins to find a weird balance and begin to build a home, but the pressure of maintaining his worlds begins to crack the façade and he's forced to confront his past family demons and reconcile the person he wants to be with the person he is.
