This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Jimmy kills himself.
After many years of marriage Ken and Barbara decide to change their way of living radically. In order to become more attractive they submit themselves not only under modern diets and physical education but also try plastic surgery.
Les habitants d'un petit immeuble de Melrose Place, un quartier de Los Angeles, n'ont pas la vie facile : chômage, maladie, violence et trahison font râge chez les locataires qui traversent des épreuves plus ou moins heureuses, voire dramatiques.