影片讲述二战后，玛雅(劳米饰)与丈夫(克里斯饰)在纽约重新开始生活。他们遇到了一个熟悉的男人(乔尔饰)，他们的生活开始瓦解。这对夫妇想知道，他是不是那个在奥斯威辛集中营的军官。

In 1909, amidst the dying old west, Willie Boy, a long distance Desert Runner by Chemehuevi tradition, falls in love with young native beauty, Carlota. Carlota's father, a Chemehuevi shaman and local tribal leader, refuses to let the young couple be together. In a fatal confrontation, Carlota's father falls dead to an accidental gun shot and the young lovers flee to the sun enslaved Mohave desert. The local sheriff leads a mounted posse armed with fire power and two Native American trackers seeking justice for their murdered tribal leader. Willie Boy and Carlota evade capture outlasting the men and their horses. However, fake news stories meant to sell papers adds to the mounting pressure to capture Willie Boy. In a desert that purifies all, the search for Willie Boy forces everyone to face their own demons in this tragic tale of love, death, and desert heat.

一对男女陷入了一个拥有永恒生命的有机体中，他们的生活开始瓦解，幻觉与肉身开始真假难辨。

杰夫·丹尼尔斯在剧中饰演曾任FBI局长的詹姆斯·科米。剧集改编自科米所著的畅销书《更高的忠诚》，讲述2016年总统大选时发生的一切，以及这次选举所带来的后续影响。