故事发生在位于英国的一座地处偏远的小镇里，女孩珍妮特（夏洛特·科曼 Charlotte Coleman 饰）出生成长在一个信奉新教的家庭之中。珍妮特的母亲（杰拉尔丁·麦克伊万 Geraldine McEwan 饰）是一位非常虔诚而又极端的教徒，在她的眼中，世界上只有两种人，一种是和她信仰同一种宗教的战友，剩下的则都是敌人。 在偏执的母亲的影响下，珍妮特慢慢学会了压抑内心里真实的声音，实际上，珍妮特是一名同性恋者，但这个秘密是绝对不能够被其他人知道的。要命的是，一个正中珍妮特红心的女孩出现在了她的生活里，这个女孩的存在让珍妮特再也无法忍受心惊胆战躲躲藏藏的日子了，她和母亲之间最激烈的战争爆发了。
橘子不是唯一的水果 (季节 1)
Episode 1 (集 1) 7.0
播出日期: 1990-01-10
运行时间: 55 min
概述: Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Episode 2 (集 2) 8.0
播出日期: 1990-01-17
运行时间: 55 min
概述: Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother begin to suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of a packed congregation. Pastor Finch demands that they renounce their passion for each other and turn their backs on Satan.
Episode 3 (集 3) 5.0
播出日期: 1990-01-24
运行时间: 55 min
概述: Jess, one year older and seemingly rehabilitated, returns to grace, taking Pastor Finch's sermon at the Blackpool Beach Mission. She meets Katy who replaces Melanie in her affections when it becomes obvious that Melanie has put the past behind her. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing and Cissy Fields, the local undertaker, takes her in when Mother and flock disown her, finally deciding that she is lost. But Jess dreams of books and Oxford.
