To the untrained eye, Middleton is like any other small idyllic town. But to those who are aware, it contains both the light and the dark sides of human nature. Vera Jones teaches her adult sociology students about the history of feminism and the patriarchy while women and children are sex-trafficked across town. Philanthropists Sonia and Trevor Jacobs work with the high-powered attorney Richard Guise, the owner of a "gentleman's club" where Sebastian Smythe, a journalist, must decide what he is willing to sacrifice for a good story. Several couples work their way to love, while several lives will be lost in the coming FBI storm. Welcome to Operation Rockwell.