Kenneth Lonergan

In 1982 New York City, friends Dennis and Warren, raised in relative wealth and comfort, now deal drugs out of their apartment slum. Failing to live up to the expectations of his successful parents, Dennis relies on his drug addiction to get by. Meanwhile, after stealing $15,000 from his tycoon father, Warren embarks on an excessive spending-spree with Jessica, a young and naive girl.

The show follows Margaret and Helen Schlegel, two intelligent, idealistic sisters living together in Edwardian London with their hypochondriac brother, Tibby. Their loving but interfering Aunt Juley tries to keep the siblings in line after the death of their parents, but a series of events push the sisters to lead unorthodox lives full of romance, tragedy, and drama.

An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.

In 1846, waves of Irish immigrants poured into the New York neighborhood of Five Points. "Billy the Butcher" bands his fellow "Native Americans" into a gang to take on the Irish gang "The Dead Rabbits," organized by Priest Vallon. After a bloody clash Vallon is dead and his son ends up in a brutal reform school. In 1862, that boy returns to seek vengeance against the man that killed his father.

Sammy and Terry have had an unbreakable bond since being orphaned years earlier. After leading a carefree lifestyle, the wayward brother steps back into Sammy and her son Rudy's lives.