这部单镜头情景喜剧根据华裔美国厨师黄颐铭(Eddie Huang)的回忆录《初来乍到》改编,主要描述上世纪九十年代一个台湾家庭来到奥兰多定居的故事。黄颐铭的父母都是台湾移民,他从小就热爱美国的一切,尤其是嘻哈乐。他的父亲尚能很好地融入当地社会,但母亲却时常为白人文化感到困惑。他的父亲经营着一家全美国式的牛排餐厅连锁企业,和全家人一起憧憬着「美国梦」。与此同时,他们还要竭力保持自己的民族文化特性,确保家庭的完整。剧名「fresh off the boat」是一个俗语,通常泛指新一代去美国追求「美国梦」的移民。
"Tell Me Lies" follows a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of 8 years. When Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. Although their relationship begins like any typical campus romance, they quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.