Andrea Marcellus

After telling her fiancé, Dana, that her entire family is dead, Manhattanite Alex whisks off to her childhood home in South Carolina to serve as bridesmaid at her high-maintenance, estranged sister Jeannie's wedding. As she tries not to steal Jeannie's thunder by telling her family that a) she's engaged, and b) the man she's going to marry is a Jewish African American, things get a little mixed up.

Rose is a psychologically damaged woman who doesn't feel complete. She decides to kidnap victims who represent what she lacks in her body, mind and soul. In a surprise twist the hostages turn the tables on Rose, resulting in a ending no one expects.

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.