A disgraced journalist returns to Dirty Neck, his Florida hometown, to become a local hero with the knack of reporting lurid stories of "stupid people doing stupid things", much to the chagrin of the town's controlling and shifty mayor.。一名男孩遭到残忍谋杀,而他的监护人和社工的公开审判,让人不禁质疑现有体制是否能保护弱势儿童。