Inspired by true events, mild-mannered and responsible family-man Jacob Mann returns to his hometown of St. Louis to be inducted into his High School Hall of Fame. Unbeknownst to his family and childhood friends, Jacob is secretly using this trip as a way to confront and finally beat up his high school bully, Nate Tagliabu.
Set against the weight of a single shared birthday, Eighteen follows five young men, Fletcher, Waylon, Ben, Wes, and Caleb, each crossing the threshold of adulthood in their own way, on the same day.
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
