- A scientist| working with genetics| creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. Thecreature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and feeds on the blood of her victims when she is in the moth form
- Four boys growing up in the '80s start selling marijuana, and as they get older they start selling harder drugs and take control of a nightclub. One of the four, Seth, tries to break away by going to college and getting a new girlfriend.
- Olaf and his mother run a boarding house and a white slavery ring. They also smuggle heroin to keep the addict girls happy so they do not try and escape. A young couple move into the house and the evil landlords take a liking to the female.
- Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission after a nuclear test. Miraculously appearing unhurt at the base later, he is given sodium amethol, but authorities are skeptical of his story that he was captured by aliens determined to conquer the Earth with giant monst…
- Emma Burke (Madsen), an unhappily married mother of two, arrives in Hawaii to attend the funeral of Lily, the woman who raised her since infancy. While she's sad about her surrogate mom's death, she also grateful for the chance to escape the demands of her busy, but unfulfilling, life in Boston. Soon Emma's emotional l…
- Tommy Donnelly struggles to escape the neighborhood, all the while protecting his brothers.
- Tommy gets unwillingly drawn into his brothers' bookmaking action. Meanwhile, the medical condition of Jenny's father (Kevin Conway) comes to light.
- New Italian mob kingpin Nicky Cottero (Kirk Acevedo) shows his no-holds-barred style by threatening the Donnelly boys' mother (Kate Mulgrew). Meanwhile, Tommy is forced to accept Dokey's bribe; Sean continues his recovery; and Jenny deals with the consequences of bedding Samson (James Badge Dale).