Dasha Kittredge

Inexperienced but determined to live life on her own terms, young Alex secretly leaves her small town in upstate New York and journeys to New York City with her best friend in hopes of being cast as a dancer in a big show. She is soon confronted with reality, where nothing is as it seems, and her journey becomes an intense exploration of her most undisclosed desires and fantasies that will change her life forever.

In the early morning hours of February 25, 1942, two young scientists, Clay and Sylvie, find what could be the greatest scientific discovery in history. Something from out of this world. The two spend the evening racing against the clock and the encroaching military to figure out what it is, what it means, and ultimately how to keep it secret and safe.

Nicolas, a photographer in his 20's, very suddenly loses his girlfriend to a car accident she was driving in. Still overcoming the loss, he takes up a sudden and unexpected affair with a girl he barely knows who is addicted to ecstasy. Their relationship slowly comes apart at the seams through sex, drugs, and harping on past mistakes.

Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.