The story follows the first crack cocaine epidemic as it spreads in the streets of Los Angeles in the early 1980s, and how it impacted the city including a crime family and a CIA operative.
Two murders cause a split in Franklin's organization, while Lucia's decisions take a new turn as she seeks to implement her own agenda after becoming involved with a ruthless gangster.
Franklin needs to reshape his business model when a new cook on the street competes with his crew
In the fourth season, Ronald Reagan wins his re-election campaign, and while the drug dealing gang, led by Franklin Saint, benefits greatly from a rising addiction tide, the police decide a war on drugs.