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故事描述了上世纪六十年代所谓的「人类性行为探索者」William Masters和Virginia Johnson的生活及对当时流行文化的影响。据称正是因为这两个人对性爱进行深入研究，才触发了当时西方社会特别是美国的「性革命」。

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该剧是根据获奖科幻小说作者Robert J. Sawyer 的同名小说改编，由David S. Goyer (代表作品：The Dark Knight)和Brannon Braga (代表作：24, Star Trek: Enterprise)为该剧的制片人公共打造此剧。没有人知道在未来会发生什么，但我们每个人都有自己的方式。

故事发生在位于佐治亚州的帕萨豪小镇，当地教堂的唱诗班即将去参加一个名为“快乐噪音”的全国性比赛，可是，就在这个节骨眼上，唱诗班的总指挥却猝死了，失去了指挥的领导，整个唱诗班都走到了濒临崩溃的边缘。教会指派名叫罗斯（奎恩·拉提法 Queen Latifah 饰）女子成为了唱诗班的新指挥，罗斯是一个非常古板的人，希望所有的事情都能按照常规发生，而总指挥的遗孀斯派洛（多莉·帕顿 Dolly Parton 饰）却并不这么认为，她觉得唱诗班应该由她接手，并且应该尝试新的风格。

虎克（伊利亚·伍德 Elijah Wood 饰）的父亲在他很小的时候就抛弃了他，可是近日来，这个男人的行为非常的反常，竟然开始主动关心起自己的儿子来，实际上，他心里打着自己的算盘。原来，虎克得到了一笔价值不菲的遗产，这就是父亲接近他的原因。不仅如此，虎克的父亲甚至打算杀死亲生儿子来获得这笔钱。
为了避开父亲，也为了保命，虎克踏上了冒险的旅途。在途中，虎克结识了名为吉姆（考特尼·万斯 Courtney B. Vance 饰）的黑人奴隶，吉姆因为担心自己被卖掉而从雇主家里逃了出来。就这样，虎克和吉姆结伴前行，虎克决定帮助吉姆重新获得本就应该属于他的自由。

本片以系列选集的形式，集中讲述了世界上最杰出的创新者们个人及专业方面的故事。第一季述说阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦的人生。第二季带我们去到西班牙，置身于巴勃罗·毕加索的画作中。第三季让我们了解艾瑞莎·弗兰克林的人生和挑战。

The focus of Wilson's attention in Fences is Troy, a 53-year-old head of household who struggles with providing for his family and with his obsession with cheating death. The location is never specified but seems to be Pittsburgh as there are several references to some of its notable institutions. Troy was a great baseball player in his younger years, having spent time practicing in prison for an accidental murder he'd committed during a robbery. Because the color barrier had not yet been broken in Major League Baseball , Troy was unable to make good money or to save for the future. He now lives a menial, though respectable life of trash collecting--remarkably crossing the race barrier and becoming a driver instead of just a barrel lifter. He lives with his wife, Rose, his son Cory (who still lives in the house at the play's opening), and Troy's younger brother Gabriel, an ex-soldier whose war injury to his head causes him to often act crazy. Lyons is Troy's son from a previous marriage, and lives outside the home. Bono is Troy's best friend. Troy had taken Gabriel's money that he'd been entitled to for his injury, and bought the house he currently lives in. A short time before the play's opening, Garbriel has rented a room elsewhere, but still in the neighborhood.

The play begins on payday, with Troy and Bono drinking and talking. Troy's character is revealed through his speech about how he went up to their boss, Mr. Rand, and asked why Black men are not allowed to drive garbage trucks (Troy works as a garbage man); Rose and Lyons join in the conversation. Lyons, a musician, has come to borrow for money from Troy, confident that he will receive it and promises to pay him back because his girlfriend Bonnie just got a job. Troy gives his son a hard time, but eventually gives him the requested ten dollars after Rose persuades him to do so. About mid-play, an affair between Troy and a woman named Alberta (who is never seen in the play) is revealed, followed by the discovery that Alberta is pregnant. She dies during childbirth. Seven years later, Troy has died. During this final act, Raynell, the daughter conceived in Troy's union with Alberta, is seen as a happy seven-year-old; Cory comes home from military training. He initially refuses to go to his father's funeral due to long-standing resentment, but is convinced by his mother to pay his respects to his father—the man who, though hard-headed and often poor at demonstrating affection, nevertheless loved his son.

The fence referred to by the play's title is revealed to be finished in the final act of the play, and Bono has bought his wife a refrigerator as he promised Troy he would do if he finished building it. It is not immediately known why Troy wants to build it, but a dramatic monologue in the second act shows how he conceptualizes it as an allegory —to keep the Grim Reaper away. Rose also wanted to build the fence and forced her husband to start it as a means of securing what was her own, keeping what belonged inside in and what should stay outside stay out.

The focus of Wilson's attention in Fences is Troy, a 53-year-old head of household who struggles with providing for his family and with his obsession with cheating death. The location is never specified but seems to be Pittsburgh as there are several references to some of its notable institutions. Troy was a great baseball player in his younger years, having spent time practicing in prison for an accidental murder he'd committed during a robbery. Because the color barrier had not yet been broken in Major League Baseball , Troy was unable to make good money or to save for the future. He now lives a menial, though respectable life of trash collecting--remarkably crossing the race barrier and becoming a driver instead of just a barrel lifter. He lives with his wife, Rose, his son Cory (who still lives in the house at the play's opening), and Troy's younger brother Gabriel, an ex-soldier whose war injury to his head causes him to often act crazy. Lyons is Troy's son from a previous marriage, and lives outside the home. Bono is Troy's best friend. Troy had taken Gabriel's money that he'd been entitled to for his injury, and bought the house he currently lives in. A short time before the play's opening, Garbriel has rented a room elsewhere, but still in the neighborhood.

The play begins on payday, with Troy and Bono drinking and talking. Troy's character is revealed through his speech about how he went up to their boss, Mr. Rand, and asked why Black men are not allowed to drive garbage trucks (Troy works as a garbage man); Rose and Lyons join in the conversation. Lyons, a musician, has come to borrow for money from Troy, confident that he will receive it and promises to pay him back because his girlfriend Bonnie just got a job. Troy gives his son a hard time, but eventually gives him the requested ten dollars after Rose persuades him to do so. About mid-play, an affair between Troy and a woman named Alberta (who is never seen in the play) is revealed, followed by the discovery that Alberta is pregnant. She dies during childbirth. Seven years later, Troy has died. During this final act, Raynell, the daughter conceived in Troy's union with Alberta, is seen as a happy seven-year-old; Cory comes home from military training. He initially refuses to go to his father's funeral due to long-standing resentment, but is convinced by his mother to pay his respects to his father—the man who, though hard-headed and often poor at demonstrating affection, nevertheless loved his son.

The fence referred to by the play's title is revealed to be finished in the final act of the play, and Bono has bought his wife a refrigerator as he promised Troy he would do if he finished building it. It is not immediately known why Troy wants to build it, but a dramatic monologue in the second act shows how he conceptualizes it as an allegory —to keep the Grim Reaper away. Rose also wanted to build the fence and forced her husband to start it as a means of securing what was her own, keeping what belonged inside in and what should stay outside stay out.

这部剧集透过美国宪法第十四修正案，审视了不断发展，甚至往往要付出生命代价的美国平权斗争。由威尔·史密斯担任主持。

露安（米歇尔·菲佛 Michelle Pfeiffer 饰）曾经是海军陆战队中的一员，在军营里度过了九个年头，练就了一身非凡的本领和一颗钢铁般的心脏。退伍后，对教育充满了热情的露安决定成为一名教师，准备将她从军期间学习到的精神发扬光大。谁知道刚到学校的第一天露安便知道自己遇见了难啃的骨头，原来她所教导的，竟然是一群丝毫不遵守规章制度的问题学生。在经历了起初的挫败后，露安很快就调整了战术，她发现这些孩子表面上桀骜不驯，但其实内心却有着向善的火种。凯丽的意外怀孕（布鲁克琳·哈里斯 Bruklin Harris 饰）、埃米利奥（Wade Dominguez 饰）无法自控的暴力倾向、洛尔（雷诺里·圣地亚哥 Renoly Santiago 饰）的自卑和懦弱，且看露安如何用真情和爱心帮助这些迷途的羔羊找到回家的路。

一系列令人发指的罪行搅得一个小社群人心惶惶。洛伊丝·崔恩警探觉得这些罪行事关个人恩怨，手段诡秘，好像是什么人或什么东西在嘲讽她。在家中，洛伊丝努力应对跟她关系紧张的女儿、长期住院的丈夫以及自己的心魔。由于毫无线索，也不知道该向何方求助，她接受了梅根修女的帮助，后者亦是《天主教卫报》的记者。梅根修女有着坎坷的过去，目睹过人性最丑恶的一面，但她仍然相信人性有向善的能力。另一方面，洛伊丝担心世人正向邪恶屈服。洛伊丝和梅根修女把各种线索串联起来，发现自己陷入一张险恶的网中，而这张网似乎充满疑问，却答案寥寥。

赛勒斯、克里斯和罗克茜参加了⼀场歌曲创作比赛。塞勒斯倾心谱写了一首关于罗克茜的歌，以笔名“真相”投稿，并赢得了比赛。但⼤家都误以为克里斯是这⾸歌的作者。塞勒斯要怎样克服自我怀疑，把握机会为自己的梦想而战？

Jack Johnson是位着名的重量级拳王，但对於黑人来说，身处种族歧视严重的年代却保持我行我素的生活态度，才是他们景仰的地方。Johnson的勇气十足，白人花钱买票进场看他和白人拳手对决〈心里当然希望看他被海扁〉，在嘘声震天的场地里他仍面无惧色地撂倒一个个对手。尤有甚者，当时黑人男子若勾搭白妞恐遭杀身之祸，但Johnson却独排众议，专挑白人共渡良宵，即使麻烦缠身。整部纪录片突显了Johnson追求自由的精神，最终目的也在於嘲讽一个自始便存在奴隶制度的国家，竟有脸宣称“人生来平等”！？