1981年，9岁的凯特生活在爱尔兰乡下的一个大家庭里，由于兄弟姐妹太多，她在家中一直被忽视。因为母亲马上又要生产了，凯特被临时送到远房亲戚的家里去过一个夏天。凯特意外地适应这个环境，在这里，温柔的夫妻俩让凯特学会了与自然相处，也学会了与安静的自己和解。然而，在这个安静的家庭里，还有一个悲伤的秘密。

Small Town, Big Story has started filming on location in Ireland under a UK Equity contract and follows goings-on in Drumbán, a rural village of rattled misfits. When a major Hollywood production rolls into town, a spotlight is thrown on a secret that has been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.                                                                    　　Hendricks (Mad Men) is playing Wendy Patterson, a local girl done good as a hot-shot television producer, who returns to her hometown from LA with the Hollywood production in tow, while House of the Dragon’s Considine is local doctor and pillar of the community Seamus Proctor.