In the not too distant future, a very smoggy and overpopulated Earth government makes it illegal to have children for a generation. One couple, unsatisfied with their substitute robot baby, breaks the rules and gets in a lot of trouble. (Z.P.G. stands for Zero Population Growth).
True crime hosts covering a 30-year-old murder find their crumbling relationship mirroring the brutal case they're investigating, all while broadcasting live.