Based in the 2020s the program centres on Alec Ross, played by Charles Mesure, who awakes one morning to find that he doesn't know who or where he is, and he doesn't recognise his wife Callie (played by Tandi Wright) or children. The story is set in the near future in the fictional town of Waimoana. From the beginning, Ross is running away from things he doesn't understand.[1]