After getting an eviction notice, Lenny Finklestein, a manipulative, quick-talking watch salesman accidentally becomes involved in hustling drugs with Vincent Vaquero, a dangerous criminal.

It was a new day in San Antonio, the first for many upstart cops and robbers. An enforcer makes his rounds, keeping honest business under the De Leon family's thumb. An investigative reporter begins her dive into the world of organized crime. Two police detectives cross paths with their future nemeses.