En 1412, nace en Domrémy (Francia) la Doncella de Orleáns. La guerra de los Cien Años contra Inglaterra dura ya casi un siglo y ha devastado Francia. Juana es una muchacha profundamente religiosa. Después de tener su primera visión, vuelve a su hogar y se encuentra con que los ingleses han matado a su familia. Algunos años después, completamente convencida de que Dios le ha encomendado la misión de expulsar a los ingleses de Francia, va a ver al Delfín, el futuro Carlos VII, que le proporciona tropas para levantar el cerco de Orleáns.
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
