In 1863, a young black woman, who embroiders intricate maps on repurposed cloth to help enslaved men flee and join the Union Army, crosses paths with a Jewish seamstress who helps her discover that even the most delicate threads have the capacity to save us.
Chronicles five episodes in the rising and falling fortunes of fictional character Ruth Puttermesser, a lawyer whose ethics and cynicism cannot quite squelch her romantic, idealist nature.