La historia real de un boxeador convertido en sacerdote. Cuando una lesión pone fin a su carrera como boxeador amateur, Stuart Long se muda a Los Ángeles en busca de dinero y fama. Mientras se las arregla como empleado de un supermercado, conoce a Carmen, una maestra de escuela dominical que parece inmune a su encanto de chico malo. Decidido a ganársela, el agnóstico de toda la vida comienza a ir a la iglesia para impresionarla. Sin embargo, un accidente de motocicleta lo deja preguntándose si puede usar su segunda oportunidad para ayudar a otros, lo que lo lleva a darse cuenta de que está destinado a ser un sacerdote católico.
Luke O'Brien, a washed-up salesman turned night law student, decides to sue Satan for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself. On Satan's legal team are 10 of the country's best trial lawyers. The entire world watches on Legal TV to see who will win the Trial of the Century
In Los Angeles, the young Jenny has a nice childhood with her Korean parents Joanne and David Kim. However, after the divorce of her parents, the judge gives her custody to her selfish mother that neglects Jenny while the disappointed David returns to Seoul. Six years later, Jenny is a troubled and reckless teenager expelled from the public school that has easy sex and uses drugs and booze, and her best friend is the orphan drug dealer Becky. The lawyer Elliot Krasner decides to call his former friend David to tell him about the self-destructive behavior of Jenny, and David returns to Los Angeles. He brings Jenny to live with him and support her, but the lack of emotional structure of Jenny imposes tough difficulties for their relationship.
