Lou, a young Black woman, wakes up in an alley in 1930s Los Angeles with no memory of how she got there or where she's from. Putting her mysterious origins behind her, she'll go on to become the first Black female journalist at the Los Angeles Times - but Lou's extraordinary life is about to take an even more remarkable turn. Lou begins to believe she may be an immortal sent here for a very important reason, one that only others like her can explain. Setting out to investigate the mystery of her existence, Lou must make sense of the jumble of lifetimes calling to her, just as new forces threaten the existence of those around her.