A provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic family — a philosophy professor and his wife, their adopted children from Vietnam, Liberia and Colombia and their sole biological child — and a contemporary Muslim family, headed by a psychiatrist who is treating one of their children.

该剧由《真爱如血》（True Blood）制片人Alan Ball打造。
故事发生在宾夕法尼亚的Banshee镇，曾经坐过牢的诈骗大师兼飞天大盗lucas（安东尼·斯塔尔 Antony Starr 饰）拿到了Banshee警长的身份，取代他成为了当地执法者。在小镇服役时间最长的警官Brock（马特·索维托 Matt Servitto 饰）本有希望成为警长，而lucas的到来威胁到他的地位。lucas发现他过去的情人Carrie（伊万娜·米利塞维奇 Ivana Milicevic 饰）改名生活在小镇，并嫁给了当地检察官。一方面，lucas用他新的合法身份继续秘密地犯罪，另一方面，暴徒冷血无情的乌克兰黑帮成员兔子先生（本·克劳斯 Ben Cross 饰），15年来一直在追踪lucas和Carrie的下落。但是一切都在lucas进入Banshee镇后变得不一样起来......