ONE MINUTE. There's time for a drink before dinner.

TEN MINUTES. Teenage siblings Vince and Violet are excited to finally meet neighborhood legend Keith Liddell -- the toughest, meanest, baddest kid in the history of Emerson Avenue. The meeting takes a turn for the worse when their image of the childhood legend doesn't mesh with the reality of the adult version.

ONE MINUTE: Helen and Margaret, two married women, find solace in the brief amount of time they spend together. They disagree on wanting more from one another.

FIVE MINUTES: Dick Overtron, a married man, just wants to have sex with another guy. So he appears as a contestant on the hottest show in the world, The Down-Low Dating Show, in hopes of finding the sort of hot, masculine buddy he wants and deserves while his wife travels on a tour bus. It's a shame things go wrong.

Playwright Emily McClain needs to tell you something. She yearns to speak the truth. She is ready to talk about the reality of things.

TEN MINUTES: Eddie is having a difficult day. Neither sublime affirmations from https://www.louisehay.com nor the perfect lemon sponge cake with raspberry filling can help. Sure he's getting married to the man he loves -- a Baptist, bisexual, vegetarian accordion player -- but he realizes that he himself isn't interesting or layered enough to make the marriage last 'til death do they part.

TEN MINUTES: Abe, a sheepish man in his late 30s to early 40s, puts himself through a test to better understand his true nature. He understands his true nature and rejects it.

TEN MINUTES: Third-grade student Inez Cupcakes is good at math. She is especially good at multiplying numbers in her head very quickly, to the amusement of her friends and delight of her teacher. But Inez's friends talk with her only about math, she may become the teacher's pet, and a jealous student asks her to answer incorrectly once in a while. Inez has math problems, and not the fun kind she likes to solve; but with gentle coaxing from her teacher Miss Ella Louella Santa Rose Plum, Inez knows the best answer to all of them.

TEN MINUTES: Third-grader KiKi Pineapple uses her imagination to defeat enemies of Earth during recess, but her empathy and kindness are what saves the day when a bossy classmate makes fun of her.

ONE MINUTE: Enid wants to be part of a pie fight. Dinah does not.

TEN MINUTES; Jesús has a perfect meal prepared for Maddie, Marco, Lucas and Johnna. Their tastes and preferences may frustrate him so much, though, that this could be the last supper for this group of friends.

TEN MINUTES: Cassie, a 30-year-old woman who has been subjected to her parents' brutality for years, enacts her final piece of revenge at their graves.

ONE MINUTE. A group of five friends are desperate to exit a 2020-themed escape room before time runs out. Too bad the spirit of 2020 doesn't want the fun to end.

TEN MINUTES. Claudette is upset and tries to soothe herself by making instant vanilla pudding and binge eating. Her sister Marianne, however, ruins everything.

TEN MINUTES. 18-year-old Jaske and 17-year-old Court are out in the countryside, celebrating their high school graduation.

70-something-year-old Rae has a request for visitors as she recovers from a stroke.

TEN MINUTES: A playwright plagued by the vocal few receives an affirmation about what theatrical plays can be, and how they can reach people thanks to the support and artistry of Matthew Weaver of Spokane, Washington.

ONE MINUTE: Dad soothes Teddy, his eight-year-old son, and assuages his bedtime fears of dying. But Teddy's fears shine a light on Dad's dark emotions.

ONE MINUTE: Karl and Jerz, two men in their 30s, watch as nine-year-old Petey examines and is completely enthralled by flowers. They just don't understand Petey's interest and consider what that kind of boy will grow up to become.

TEN MINUTES: Hollis prepares herself with lists of facts so she can succeed in her mission.

FIVE MINUTES: An ever-growing chorus of diverse voices speaks against the rise of hatred, bias and inequality due to religious and ethnic or racial differences. More of the disenfranchised seek to share their story, seek to be understood by white, Christian Americans, which could lead to uncomfortable conversations and soul searching. What can white Americans do as internal strife grows?

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TEN MINUTES: Emotions run high in the judges room during an art competition. Two judges implore the third judge to vote in favor of their favorites, and when the artists are invited for interviews chaos erupts.