No One Is Coming to Save Us

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Returning to Pinewood, North Carolina, Jj Ferguson confronts a transformed landscape and the complexities of his past relationships. His high school sweetheart, Ava, is now married and struggling with infertility, while her husband, Henry, grapples with the economic decline of the furniture industry. The shadow of Jim Crow looms over the community, affecting the lives of those Jj once knew. Ava's mother, Sylvia, attempts to cope with the absence of her son by interfering in others' lives, highlighting the deep-seated changes in their small town.