A crime drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built. Written by Production

Molly and Jared have both sworn off holiday events. When they find themselves stuck at a Christmas-themed ranch, they have no choice but to allow their cynical hearts to melt.

Two rival toy shop owners reluctantly join forces when an unscrupulous toy magnate opens a box store in their town.

Alex (Gavin Stenhouse) puts Michelle (Floriana Lima) in grave danger by telling her the truth about Black Dagger, while Sam (Kenneth Choi) and Faber (Paul Ben-Victor) try to track Alex when he goes off the grid. Victor (Morgan Spector) takes drastic measures to keep Natalie (Margarita Levieva) safe from harm, and Christoph (Giancarlo Esposito) arrives in New York undetected, to carry out a test run of Black Dagger. Meanwhile, Mark (Scott Cohen) witnesses the toll his choices have taken on his children's lives.

Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday, has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip, a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” appears in her living room.