A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.
Will Taylor has nightmares. He dreams of watching his father and aunt being murdered when he was only four years old. Will lives with his troubled uncle Joe Mitchell because his mother remains catatonic from the attack. Joe, who has his own problems with his girlfriend Sarah, has raised Will since the bank robbery that killed his wife and brother-in-law. Back in 1990 the whole town of Canyon Hills had to be moved because a new dam was built to prevent chronic flooding. The original town is now at the bottom of the lake. Will finds out that the stolen bank money was never found and begins diving to recover it and his past. Enter Carl Bennett, the bank robber turned murderer. Just released from prison, he is heading for Canyon Hills to recover the money he left behind. Who will get to it first?
A filha de Eve (Natasha Henstridge), Sara (Sunny Mabrey), faz parte da 3ª geração de alienígenas na Terra. Existem outros da sua espécie, mas Sara é mais resistente aos diversos tipos de doença do planeta. Ela vive na casa de um professor universitário, Abbot (Robert Knepper), que a seqüestrou do governo quando era apenas um bebê, ou seja, poucos dias atrás, pois ela cresce 15 centímetros por dia e em breve será uma adulta. Abbot quer criar o espécime perfeito e obter reconhecimento internacional, mas várias coisas começam a dar totalmente e mortes acontecem. Além disto outros alienígenas mestiços começam a apresentar sérios problemas de saúde, mas uma dela, Amelia (Amelia Cooke), parece estar disposta a tudo para poder sobreviver.
