Lors d'une enquête sur une vieille affaire, Selena, journaliste new-yorkaise, découvre que sa mère fut suspectée du meurtre d'une riche veuve, Vera Donovan...

Michael Stone, mari, père et auteur respecté de « Comment puis-je vous aider à les aider ? » est un homme sclérosé par la banalité de sa vie. Lors d'un voyage d'affaires à Cincinnati où il doit intervenir dans un congrès de professionnels des services clients, il entrevoit la possibilité d’échapper à son désespoir quand il rencontre Lisa, représentante de pâtisseries, qui pourrait être ou pas l’amour de sa vie…

One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric drug, including millions of children. Pharmaceutical companies have over-hyped the benefits of these drugs, while hiding the risks and severe side effects including physiological dependence. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.

By following the lives of five Japanese individuals this documentary explores the problem of depression in Japan and how the marketing of anti-depressant drugs has changed the way the Japanese view depression. Marketing of anti-depressants did not begin in Japan until the late 1990s and prior to this, depression was not widely recognized as a problem by the Japanese public. Since then, use of anti-depressants has sky-rocketed and use of the Japanese word "utsu" to describe depression has become commonplace, having previously been used only by psychiatric professionals.

Following her boyfriend Felix's attempted suicide, Katherine attempts to bring him back to his normal way of life. However, after discovering a bottle of pills in Felix's possession, a confrontation emerges, making them question whether or not they can return to the way life had been before.