Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ka whakatuwherahia te raupapa me te kaikawe korero a Will McAvoy e whai wāhi ana ki tetahi roopu i te Whare Wananga o Northwestern o Medill School of Journalism me te tuku i tetahi korero tautohetohe mo te heke o Amerika i nga wa tata nei hei iwi, e ohorere ana ki te hunga whakarongo. Kātahi ka haere ia ki te hararei mō ngā wiki e rua kia tau ai te puehu, ā, ka hoki mai ki te mahi, ka kite anake kei te whakarere i a ia te kaiwhakanao whakahaere me te nuinga o tana kapa mō tētahi atu kaiwhakapāho kōrero. Ka kitea hoki e ia kua utua e tana rangatira, a Charlie Skinner, he kaiwhakanao whakahaere hou; Mackenzie MacHale, te hoa wahine o mua a Will, he kino te hitori o Will. Ka whakahe ia, engari he pakari a Charlie, e tohe ana ka hanga a Mackenzie i runga i tana mahinga i Northwestern me te awhina ki te whakawhanake i tetahi purongo purongo hou, pai ake. I te mutunga ka whakaae a Will ki a Mackenzie ki te mahi tahi me ia engari i raro i te tikanga ka taea e ia te peia i te mutunga o ia wiki. I tēnei wā, ka tae mai he whakatūpato rongo mō tētahi
te pahuatanga i te Gulf of Mexico, engari kaore he tangata i roto i te ruma purongo e whakapono ana he mea tika ki te whai. He mihi ki tetahi tohu kore ingoa i hoatu ki tetahi o nga mema o te roopu a Mackenzie, a Jim, ka tiimata te mohio ko te ahi he paanga hinu hinu i puta tata ki te takutai o Louisiana me te mea kaore ano kia oti te patu i te hinu. Ka whakatau a Will ki te tango i te take, ā, ko te rerenga hinu o Louisiana te mea nui o te whakaaturanga o te ahiahi. Ko tā rātau whakaaturanga anake i mahi i te wāhanga e pā ana ki te rerenga hinu; kāore i mōhiotia e ētahi atu te kaha o te āhuatanga, ā, i hanga rātau whakaaturanga i runga i te tauira iPhone.