A Short Break is the story of attorney Schuyler B. Jones and his opposing attorney, Marty Lynch, Jr., who are both tasked with convincing the honorable Judge Weaver to rule in their favor over a heated dispute through nothing more than a conference room's speakerphone.

The story of how the radical Huey P. Newton developed the Black Panther Party based on his 10-point program for social reform.

As Newton devotes himself to the difficult and solitary path of challenging the existing view of the universe and proving his own theories on celestial movement and gravity, his young scribe Humphrey wavers between pursuing science or following his heart.

As the day begins, a woman sets out to go about her routine, until she decides to take her children to the cemetery to see zombies. When she returns home, this interruption in her day will leave her with a strange and magical feeling.

Dennis and Dee decide to teach Frank a lesson "A Christmas Carol"-style, and Mac and Charlie learn some shocking things about their childhood Christmas traditions.

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.