故事发生在一个田园诗般的英国小镇，Beth Fairchild为她的丈夫Tom (Farthing: Rain Dogs)准备了一个惊喜的生日派对。由于汤姆是当地一位受人爱戴的医生，村里的大多数人都到场了，但当晚会被警察打断，汤姆因谋杀罪被捕时，贝丝的世界发生了翻天覆地的变化。贝丝相信她的丈夫被冤枉了，但她很快就有了一些令人震惊的发现，使她怀疑他的清白，她向亚当(特德威饰)倾诉了她的担忧，亚当是汤姆从小最好的朋友。
作为美国建国250周年的献礼，该剧以拉里·大卫标志性的冷幽默与全即兴风格，通过情景喜剧形式荒诞地重新演绎美国历史上的各个标志性时刻。
To the streets, “Raq” Thomas is cold, hard and fierce — a successful and deadly woman taking names in a man’s world. She is tough, resolute, ruthless, but Raq still is capable of love. Great love. The sole recipient of that affection is her son, Kanan; he is everything to her. As much as she cares for him, though, there are many instances where one wonders if she loves him for who he is or if she loves him merely as an extension of herself. The middle child of three, Raq also carries the heavy burden as the earner for her two brothers. She is the sun, and everyone else in her universe exists in her orbit.
