When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Having been lured into becoming a corrupt cop on the wrong side of the law , Detective "Wilfred La Salle" embarks on his journey to right the wrongs he has committed while also facing off against his former friend and partner now turned criminal mastermind "Gorgeous George" and his criminal Syndicate made up of some of the most dangerous men in the city simply known as - "The Clown Gang"