It's the mid-1950s, and the post-war American dream has come into full focus in Southern California. Suburbia, freeways, fast food, television and nuclear paranoia. James Stone, a career cop in LA, is along for the ride - until he becomes enmeshed in an LAPD scandal that costs him his job, his wife, and his home. He finds himself exiled to Bakersfield, California, the only place he can still find work as a cop. It's a mean little town. Hot,...