An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
Dünyanın farklı uçlarından iki kız bir araya gelir ve birbirlerinin hayatlarını değiştirirler. Mahree, zengin ailesiyle birlikte ırk ayrımı olan Güney Afrika'da yaşar. Piper Dellums, Washington D.C'de bir ABD kongre üyesinin kızıdır. Mahree, Dellum'un evinde bir sömestr geçirmek için seçilince Piper ile düşündüklerinden farklı insanlar olduklarını anlarlar. İki kız da yaptığı varsayımları sorgular ve arkadaşlığın gerçek rengini öğrenirler.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.