Vineland

In 1984 California, Brock Vond and a team of federal agents descend on Zoyd Wheeler's home to seize Prairie. The raid signals the return of powerful authorities and begins the family’s forced flight. Shadows of surveillance tighten around them as they scramble to hide.

Zoyd, Prairie, and their allies retreat to a network of old friends who shelter them from Brock's reach. The group moves through a claustrophobic landscape where every knock on a door could betray them. Loyalty and memory keep them one step ahead as the net closes in.

Prairie accompanies her boyfriend Isaiah Two Four to a wedding tied to a rough mob faction. DL Chastain recognizes Prairie and reveals Brock's motive behind the pursuit. His revelation points back to Frenesi Gates, Prairie's mother, hinting at buried family history.

The story dips back to Frenesi Gates in the 1960s, when she becomes entangled with a radical hippie movement and the film collective known as 24fps. The group aims to document perceived encroachments of authoritarian power. Frenesi's choices in this era become the fulcrum of the larger political game.

Brock Vond, empowered by federal funding, sets out to dismantle PR³, the utopian hippie enclave. Frenesi's past involvement knots her to both Brock and PR³, pulling her deeper into the conflict. The pursuit widens as loyalties collide with power.

24fps, Brock, and their pursuers converge in a bid to locate Frenesi. The chase threads through media, politics, and underground networks, showing how the past haunts the present. The search becomes a sprawling, high-stakes game of hide-and-seek.

The omnipresent Tube shapes reality as Hector Zuñiga funds a bold project to capture Frenesi’s life on screen. This media-safe space lets Frenesi reemerge on her own terms. The meta-narrative deepens the link between personal history and public spectacle.

Prairie’s reunion with Frenesi unfolds at a public gathering organized by 24fps. The event brings together the Traverses and Beckers, including elder Jess Traverse, to witness a charged moment. The scene blends family reconciliation with a televised spectacle.

DL Chastain and Takeshi Fumimota navigate a network that includes Weed Atman and other Thanatoids. They observe the latest developments with wary, calculating eyes. The social labyrinth reveals how loyalty and danger intertwine.

Brock locates Prairie from the air using a surveillance helicopter and descends with cables to seize her. He asserts that he is her real father, intensifying the personal stakes. The moment crystallizes a clash between state power and family bonds.

Funding for Brock's operation evaporates as political winds shift and public opinion turns against the drug war. Roscoe pilots the helicopter away, leaving Brock stranded. He makes one last bid to return to Vineland, but dies in the attempt.

The escape unfolds toward a grim river crossing narrated by Blood and Vato, tow-truck drivers who become unwilling participants. The scene distills pursuit, survival, and mythic consequence. Prairie and her allies reckon with what it costs to run.

As Brock disappears from the scene, Frenesi's family, the 24fps crew, and the Thanatoids converge for a moment of reckoning and revelation. The threads of memory, media, and rebellion tighten toward a cautious, bittersweet closure. The ending leaves a sense of resolution tempered by lingering questions.

Prairie returns to the spot where Brock tried to seize her and waits for closure that may never come. She stands with quiet resolve, hoping Brock might return or that memory itself can offer answers. The finale balances finality with the stubborn pull of the past.