A newlywed couple move into their dream home only to find that their next door neighbor isn't as good-natured as they had initially thought.

Set in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, the legend of Swanson Lake is kept by one man and he's not about to surrender it. When Bill's grandsons come for a summer visit, they stumble into a big-time adventure with a giant turtle named Mel. When Bill's neighbor Bailey tries to kidnap Mel in order to feature him in a proposed theme park, the grandsons plot to hide Mel from the neighbor.

A vice cop and her partner investigate a string of murders apparently tied to high-priced Las Vegas call girls.

A teenager who is obsessed with gangster movies believes himself to be a real gangster after his father is murdered.

An alienated high school senior feels apprehensive about the future.