Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.
Sean Durkin'in yazıp yönettiği The Nest, bir girişimci olan Rory'nin, Amerikalı eşi ve çocuklarını kendi anavatanı İngilitere'ye dönmeye ikna etmesini ve ailenin burada yeni bir başlangıç yapmaya çalıştığı sırada yaşananları anlatıyor. Rory, son derece hırslı bir girişimcidir. Amerikalı eşini ve çocuklarını banliyödeki rahat yaşamlarından ayrılarak kendi anavatanı İngiltere’ye taşınmaya ikna eder. Burada bir fırsat yakalayan Rory, eski firmasına katılır ve muhteşem bir malikane kiralar. Kısa bir süre sonra bu çekici yeni başlangıcın ve evliliklerinin altında yatan nahoş sırlar ortaya çıkacaktır.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.