Paolo Pagliacolo

New York 2049. The archive secret repository of surveillance video. A man rakes over an incident in his past, shown entirely in contemporary security and satellite footage.

A young woman living on the fringe in Manhattan's Lower East Side moves in and out of empty relationships until one night she steals a purse which contains the clue to her unknown past.

Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.