A Bosnian immigrant seeks acceptance through an act of charity. A Midwestern family grows and shrinks across decades, treating addiction through faith and silence. In upstate New York, a construction crew battles conflicting mandates in COVID’s first lockdown order. In Los Angeles, retributive violence feels justified to a call center employee because surveillance technology enables identifying the offender; but consequence isn’t monitored by door cameras. In Connecticut, a man’s fake identity affords him a life of ease, but loneliness and desire blow his cover. The social perils of Christmas threaten to shatter a St. Paul friendship.
