A 16-year-old quirky black teen deals with love, death, bullies, and social awkwardness, as he goes through high school.

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

A department store mannequin comes to life during the holiday season for a motherless little girl who wishes she had a mom for Christmas, and proceeds to charm her hard-working dad, too.