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In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Joe, one of the great coffee cup artists of his generation, has lived for years as New York's self-proclaimed Godfather of Coffee Cups. Now he faces a changing world that is forgetting the classics.
A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
In a room with Dr. Ezra Hertzfeld, eight New Yorkers explore hidden truths about their own intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, and fears, all while developing relationships. Inspired by Irvin Yalom's novel "The Schopenhauer Cure," "Group" is a fly-on-the-wall experience of a kind you've never seen before.
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
A story of missed connections, failed attempts at intimacy, and ultimately the redemptive and healing potential of a little bit of introspection, patience, empathy, etc. The ensemble film follows a dozen dysfunctional couples through a 24-hour perspective-shifting journey through New York City.
Claire Sinclair, a predatory Murderer/Thief gets a job as a paralegal at a Wall St Law Firm, where she discovers 3 Women Lawyers stealing 25 Million from the Boss. Claire steals the money and Kills them all to cover her tracks.
Lea, who has repressed the memory of possibly having killed someone when she was a child, lives in New York City, is prescription drug dependent and on the verge of losing her apartment and her job.
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life are crossed.
While reading a book of world records with his great-grandchildren, William Bennett discovers that the world’s oldest man is just days older than he is. Seeing this as a way to cement his legacy, William attempts to outlive the oldest man.
A newcomer joins a therapy group and shares his intention to write a TV series based on his experience. A blend of scripted arcs, improvised dialogue, and the presence of an actual psychoanalyst.
Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.
