Cuando Esme (Megalyn Echikunwoke) y su hijo de diez años, Luna (Yonas Kibreab), se mudan a un pequeño pueblo del desierto, atraen todas las miradas, pero de manera negativa. Esme tendrá que proteger a su hijo de los locales y por si esto no fuera suficiente, hay un secreto terrorífico que les amenaza.
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees which begins the unraveling of their friendship and ultimately leads both to murderous acts they never thought themselves capable of.
After years of live-in domesticity, Caitlin wants to finally tie the knot with her union activist boyfriend Jonah, who is adamantly against the institution of marriage on principle. For their most recent "anniversary", the couple plans a quiet dinner with family and friends. But when one of the party doesn't show, the rest are forced to cool their heels, giving type-A Jonah plenty of time to be tortured by the fledgling relationship between his sister Zellie and her new boyfriend Jude, a recent ex-con. Throw in the bizarre behavior of his best friend Bart, and a defiant ultimatum from a fed-up Caitlin, and suddenly the night isn't shaping up quite the way Jonah had planned. There are recriminations and revelations as Jonah and caitlin get to find out whether all good things come to those who wait.
A female professor is taunted and stalked by an emotionally disturbed student, and then, when he disappears, is accused of killing him, although no body can be found.
Todo marcha bien con el negocio de las piscinas climatizadas de Pamela y su hija Crystal. Pamela conoce a Ahmed, un jeque árabe multimillonario. El chófer de éste, Gary, se enamora de Crystal, y le confiesa que el príncipe no es todo lo que parece ser, y que tiene planeado quedarse con todo el negocio.
Ernest, empleado de mantenimiento y "chapuzas oficial" de un campamento juvenil, sueña con ser monitor. El gobernador envía al campamento a un grupo de muchachos del correccional para seguir un programa de reinserción social. Los instructores no son capaces de ocuparse de estos chicos y Ernest encuentra la ocasión de ver cumplidos sus sueños. La situación se complica cuando el propietario de una compañía minera quiere apoderarse del terreno sobre el que se asienta el campamento.
