Vincent Lamarca, whose father was executed for a 1950s kidnapping of a child, grew up to become a police officer, only to see his own son become a murderer.

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from an affluent neighborhood.

A washed up pitcher flashes through his career.

An English Professor tries to deal with his wife leaving him, the arrival of his editor who has been waiting for his book for seven years, and the various problems that his friends and associates involve him in.

"A story about """"Hogan's Heroes"""" star Bob Crane and his friendship with John Carpenter."