健身房經理盧（克里斯汀·斯圖爾特 Kristen Stewart 飾）愛上了健美運動員傑姬（凱蒂·M·奧布萊恩 Katy M. O'Brian 飾），後者來到拉斯維加斯追尋健美夢想。她們捲入了一個暴力事件，背後正是盧的父親締造的犯罪網絡。

亡命之徒傑斯·平克曼試圖擺脫自己的過去。

1984年，鹽湖城開始在一些流浪漢的避難所設立了幾所免費的公益學校。為的是給流浪漢的下一代足夠的啟蒙教育。這些地區治安非常糟糕，到處充斥著鬥毆、酗酒、家庭暴力以及毒品等種種惡習。菜鳥教師史黛西‧貝絲滿懷希望地進入教師這個行業時，卻被分發到這間貧民窟教室。所謂的教室不過是一間又髒又臭的帳篷，幾本破爛不堪的書，一張桌子，幾乎不能坐人的椅子，還有一窩的老鼠！更糟的是，她只有一間教室，卻要教六個年級的學生。 儘管史黛西有些灰心，但她的丈夫決定全力支持她，主動擔任孩子們的體育老師。65歲的老流浪漢帕克也加入進來，成為史黛西的「助教」兼「美術老師」。一位好心人提供了書桌、椅子和教材，甚至將自己家中的鋼琴捐給她。史黛西憑藉著“有教無類"的精神，鼓勵孩子們，幫助他們戰勝對生活的恐懼。一年一年地堅持下來，她把這裡變成了充滿愛與關懷的教室，後來更將自己多年來的從教經歷發表成為小說。而史黛西也下定決心奉獻她的教育生涯在這個貧民窟裡！

During a layover in Albuquerque, work colleagues Les and Natalie discover more about each other than they ever thought possible. Anxious and irritable, Les is drawn back into the city by past experiences he can’t forget (even if he doesn't really remember the particulars of his previous drunken adventure). Natalie, refusing to leave his side, follows along as her own secrets are slowly revealed, leaving her feeling both vulnerable and unbound.

Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.

A girl journeys to a secluded lake to summon a vampire.