故事发生在全洛杉矶最有名的律师事务所之中。每年,这间事务所都要从茫茫的法律学院毕业生中挑选最出色的四位,将他们培养成为能够真正独当一面的大律师。
迪伦(马特·朗 Matt Long 饰)没有显赫的出身,却凭借着自己聪慧的头脑和不懈的努力跻身进入了四人名单之中。艾迪(蒂娜·米乔里诺 Tina Majorino 饰)样貌甜美,却有着和外貌极不相称的咄咄逼人的口才。贝斯(丽亚·派普斯 Leah Pipes 饰)从小到大都是优等生和乖乖女,而连姆(本·洛森 Ben Lawson 饰)拥有着和他的故乡截然相反的一丝不苟的个性。四个初出茅庐的新人律师,要面对的是他们的顶头上司,业内知名的“黑暗王子”克里夫(比利·赞恩 Billy Zane 饰)。
二次世界大战的冷战期间,古巴危机将美苏两大强国剑拔弩张,而发生在1968年5月的一起事件则无疑将危机推向一触即发的境地。刚刚结束漫长航行并原本准备退休的海军舰长迪米(艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris 饰),被上司命令即刻做最后一次巡航,而他所需要驾驶的则是即将在退役后卖给中国的弹道导弹潜艇B-67。在航行期间,来自克格勃的布鲁尼(大卫·杜楚尼 David Duchovny 饰)也一同随行,并在潜艇上测试一种全新的设备。
迪米原以为这只是退休前的纪念之旅,却不知道布鲁尼及其神秘的“幻影计划”将潜艇官兵乃至全世界的命运系于一线。当他发现个中蹊跷之时,似乎为时已晚……
Anna is stuck she's approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum's garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered. She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn't show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for. A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum - she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn't put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to back the f-off. However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna's self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.