本剧改编自普利策获奖作家Richard Russo的小说《正统丑角 Straight Man》，是一个发生在雷尔顿学院里的中年危机故事，由William Henry Devereaux Jr.以第一人称讲述。William在宾夕法尼亚州铁锈地带一所资金严重不足的学院里，担任着并非大家想象中那样的英语系主任。 原著中，William Henry Devereaux Jr.是一个对什么都不太情愿的人。他的这种不情愿一部分来源于自己的性格，他生来就是一个无政府主义者，还有一部分源于他所在的系，比巴尔干半岛还要分裂。在一周的时间里，Devereaux将被一个愤怒的同事弄得鼻青脸肿，想象自己的妻子与学院院长有婚外情，怀疑是否有一位曲线优美的兼职老师试图用桃子核引诱他，并威胁要在当地电视台处决一只鹅。这一过程中，Devereaux将与风流的父亲、对自己年轻时承诺的背弃，以及身体某些重要功能的不祥故障达成和解。

A teenage girl tries to save a herd of wild horses from a local gang intending on capturing and selling them for dog meat. Unfortunately the nearest Federal land where the horses will be safe lies one hundred and fifty miles away, over badlands and a mountain range.

An Indian student in Prague and a lonely New Yorker correspond online through video letters. A voyeuristic love story about aching for human connection in a hyper-connected world.

汉克和麦克是一对好朋友，他们的工作就是在复活节的时候扮成兔子，跟那些在圣诞节时扮圣诞老人的差不多。不过这两个脏话连篇的兔子扮演者，某天被意外解雇了。为了谋生，他们打算做些零工来养活自己，可惜事事不顺。两人这才发现，也许自己最大的才能就是扮兔子给人们送去欢笑……

汉克·格林（Hank Green）回顾了患癌经历中好的、坏的以及奇特的方面。

Wanted for helping the IRA in a bombing gone horribly wrong, a fugitive is smuggled into the San Francisco harbor. In order to hide here, and to lose all vestiges of his Irish past and disappear; into the new American identity, Sean soon finds himself at the mercy of one of his captors, intent on using him in as series of hackneyed drug deals to make money. Sean searches desperately for a way out, but everyone seems to have their own motives with him. As his past and future seem to disappear, Sean is left with little hope of a way out.

A young tomboy causes havoc for her family and friends.