故事发生在凯撒执掌罗马皇位期间,不列颠国王辛白林想将自己的女儿伊摩琴(Bethan Cullinane 饰)许配给二王子克洛顿,然而,伊摩琴已经有了情投意合的恋人波塞摩斯。波塞摩斯是一位平民,为了惩罚他,辛白林将波塞摩斯放逐到了罗马,在那里,波塞摩斯遇见了一位名叫亚基莫的男人。
亚基莫信誓旦旦的和波塞摩斯打赌,赌他可以令伊摩琴对波塞摩斯不忠,但无论亚基莫怎样勾引伊摩琴,后者都不为所动。为了赢得这场赌局,亚基莫捏造了伊摩琴出轨的种种证据,令波塞摩斯大怒,决定派出自己的手下皮萨尼奥将伊摩琴杀死。
李尔王(Romayne Andrews 饰)年事已高,他决定将广袤的国土分给自己的三个女儿科迪莉亚(Natalie Simpson 饰)、格纳利尔(Nia Gwynne 饰)和里根(Oliver Johnstone
Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age. Ten years before becoming the first Black man to win an Oscar, a young Sidney Poitier arrives to sign a life-changing contract that could make him a star. But there’s a catch. As he becomes entangled in events larger than he imagined, Sidney is forced to make an impossible choice – one that will reshape his future, the Civil Rights Movement, and the soul of a nation. From award-winning writer Ryan Calais Cameron (For Black Boys…), exploring integrity, betrayal, and the personal cost of success, Retrograde asks what would you sacrifice to achieve your dream? Backed by double Oscar and BAFTA nominee Colman Domingo as producer, Amit Sharma’s ‘perfectly pitched production’ (Independent) features Ivanno Jeremiah (Constellations), Stanley Townsend (Kaos) and Oliver Johnstone (Antigone).
故事开始于第二次世界大战期间,凯勒(比尔·普尔曼 Bill Pullman 饰)通过向军方兜售飞机零件赚了一大笔钱,然而,因为他所卖的零件存在着质量问题,导致21名飞行员在空难中丧生,凯勒为了摆脱罪名,声称自己对此一无所知,并且将所有的责任都推卸到了他的生意伙伴狄佛的身上,后者因此被捕。
凯勒有两个儿子赖瑞和克里斯(科林·摩根 Colin Morgan 饰),在这件事发生之后,赖瑞失踪了,与此同时,克里斯竟然向狄佛的女儿安(珍娜·科尔曼 Jenna Coleman 饰)求婚了,安同时也是赖瑞的前女友。兄弟两人之间错综复杂的关系最终导致了凯勒的阴谋诡计被捅破,凯勒也间接导致了赖瑞的死亡。