O Distrito 21 do Departamento de Polícia de Chicado é composto pelos policiais uniformizados que lidam com o crime nas ruas e pela Unidade de Inteligência, que lida com crimes maiores como tráfico de drogas e assassinatos.

Emerson Graham's nights as a cab driver are filled with annoyances and inconveniences, but until tonight, never attacks and disappearances. After picking up a mysterious passenger her evening goes from working a job to performing a quest as they must race against the clock to defeat a force of evil. The meter is running.

A woman disguises herself as her dead brother, Henry, in order to survive in the Confederate ranks during the Civil War. He marries a widow to rescue her from an arranged marriage. They keep each other's secrets and find true love.