After being discharged from the military, Sgt. Barnes finds his way back into society via a charismatic Politician with a covert plan to eliminate an underground criminal element.

After escaping the USSR in the 1980's, a Jewish family from Odessa struggles to remain on the right side of the law at their bathhouse in New York City.

Diane Walters, an over-burdened mother of two with a third child on the way, strives to create the perfect Christmas while her loving but dysfunctional family falls apart around her.