《老友记》女星柯特妮·考克斯将主演Starz惊悚喜剧剧集《闪谷》试播集。柯特妮将饰演帕特，她在无人管教、沉迷于毒品与酒精的生活中长大。她将这段成长经历及转变写成了小说，成为了畅销书作家。然而她的生活依旧不如意，没有灵感，与丈夫的生活缺乏爱情的滋润，处于青春期的孩子讨厌她。为了改变，她搬到了郊区的一所房子，但可怕的事情随之发生。试播集由莎朗·豪根、杰夫·艾斯德夫操刀剧本，迪尔巴拉·沃尔什(《使女的故事》)执导。

Single-mother Sandra (Clare Dunne) escapes her abusive partner with her two young children, only to find herself trapped in temporary accommodation. After months of struggling, she draws inspiration from one of her daughter’s bedtime stories and hits upon the idea of self-building an affordable home. She finds an architect who provides her with plans and is offered land by Peggy (Harriet Walter), a woman she cleans for. Aido (Conleth Hill), a building contractor, appears willing to help too. But as her past rears its head, in the form of Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson), her possessive ex, and as bureaucrats fight back against her independent spirit, will Sandra be able to rebuild her life from the ground up?