两位已卸任的陆军军官，在美国德州南方沙漠某地，意外发现一个警徽和一个骷髅。于是邻近小镇的警察山姆狄斯开始调查这一切的始末。初步调查中，山姆来到一间酒吧，在他和老板的谈话过程中，山姆从老板那里得到一些过去的事情，这其中还包括山姆的父亲鲍迪狄斯和一位恶名昭彰的警长，原来酒吧老板曾经受迫于这个无恶不做的警长，但是又无可奈何。于是，一连串的老故事和新发现由此开始……

　　本剧根据Lisa Belkin的纪实小说改编。 故事的主人公Nick Wasicsko（Oscar Isaac）是纽约扬克斯的市长，同时也是美国历史上最年轻的市长。一家联邦法院命令他在白人聚居的社区内为低收入人群建造一定数量的廉价保障房，他被迫面对激烈的种族矛盾。如果他坚持要完成这项任务，势必导致这座城市产生分裂、市政府彻底瘫痪并最终毁掉自己的政治前途。Catherine Keener扮演东扬克斯的私房业主Mary Dorman，在这场建造廉价保障房的战争中起关键作用。

BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and vulnerability

On March 11, 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s 'A Raisin in the Sun' opened on Broadway and changed the face of American theater forever. As the first-ever black woman to author a play performed on Broadway, she did not shy away from richly drawn characters and unprecedented subject matter. The play attracted record crowds and earned the coveted top prize from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. While the play is seen as a groundbreaking work of art, the timely story of Hansberry’s life is far less known.