As a science teacher Mamoudou N'Diaye was supposed to have all the answers, but he struggles to explain being Black in the USA, and Rhonda Key fights to be taken seriously by her white co-workers and students when she gets a job at a middle school.

To cheer up her ailing father, Victoria Ruiz decides to smuggle a turtle into his hospital room, and Stacey Bader Curry finally meets a nice guy -- the only catch is, he needs a liver.

Massih Moayedi survives cancer, but the recovery throws his life off track, and after his 20-year-old daughter dies suddenly, Paul Battista has to relearn what his role in life is.

As a medical student Roger Mitchell Jr. sees a patient that makes him reflect on violence and police in the Black community.