After 40 years of running their community arts space, The Bread Factory, Dorothea and Greta are suddenly fighting for survival when a celebrity couple--performance artists from China--come to Checkford and build an enormous complex down the street catapulting big changes in their small town.

At The Bread Factory, they rehearse the Greek play, Hecuba. But the real theatrics are outside the theater where the town has been invaded by bizarre tourists and mysterious tech start-up workers. There is a new normal in Checkford, if it is even really Checkford any longer.

Um cientista brilhante é retirada do laboratório da empresa e enviada à Índia para vender o arroz geneticamente modificado que ela criou, mas ela pouco sabe que isso destruirá os agricultores que ela acha que está ajudando.

Peter Parker está tentando voltar à sua rotina de estudante, mas a chegada do vilão Abutre põe o herói à prova.

Patrick returns to San Francisco in search of closure and resolution regarding his relationships with Richie and Kevin.