Lucas, a young man in the suffocating grip of an abusive relationship with his domineering boyfriend, Kurt, wrestles with fear and self-doubt as tension rises. When a childhood friend re-enters his life, he tests the waters of deception and liberation, seeking to break the cycle of abuse as he plots his own escape.

Disgraced councilwoman of Busterville, Ethel Wilton, finds herself at the center of a pickleball conspiracy. She decides the only way to save her city is to stop the citywide pickleball tournament with the help of her unlikely friends.

A young neurosurgeon uncovers corruption in spine surgery as a patient's recovery through a laser procedure sparks an investigation exposing bribery, unnecessary fusions, and a medical scandal hurting patients.