Maud (Morfydd Clark) é uma jovem enfermeira religiosa que se torna perigosamente obcecada em salvar a alma de sua glamourosa paciente Amanda (Jennifer Ehle).
Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputation as the meanest man in the state while working hard labor in prison.
