Returning home to Houston after her grandfather’s funeral, Alex finds herself stuck at the airport and facing an endless string of flight delays. When the trip is ultimately canceled, she decides to band together with three other stranded women and rent a car from Corpus Christi to Houston. A mini road trip between strangers.

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

Documentary-style footage reveals the aftermath of disastrous events that disrupt the flow of oil to the United States.

Lily Marshall has a loving, supportive husband, two great kids and an unfulfilled dream: to return to college and get the degree she always wanted. "Is there life beyond her family and home?", Lily wonders. The hole in Lily's life is soon filled by too much. There's a confusing new social life on campus, schoolwork keeping her up late, a part-time job keeping her from her husband and kids whose mom is turning into a stranger. Lily's strength, love and perseverance are the only things that can help her now.

An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. However, she is not yet ready to become yesterday's news.

The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress—connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.