Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
Claire Gregory, uma personalidade de classe alta de Nova York, testemunha um assassinato em uma luxuosa casa noturna. O detetive Mike Keegan, recentemente promovido, é designado para protegê-la.
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Incompetent detective McSorely is the only one with a clue about what's going on, and even his grasp of the situation isn't too firm. The rest of the police force thinks he's crazy, while the alien continues sampling the Italian cuisine of New York City.
Os três adolescentes Natalie, Jeff e Polly, dividem as experiências e conflitos, de uma época particularmente difícil de suas vidas. Jeff não se entende com padrasto e vai se hospedar na casa de Natalie, que esta temporariamente sozinha, pois o pai estava viajando a trabalho ! Já Polly sente uma exagerada necessidade de arrumar um namorado a qualquer custo ! Entre decepções amorosas, desentendimentos com a família e a ansiedade pela primeira transa, os três se apoiam (e brigam também), para atravessar este período ilesos.
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.
