Nkuko byatangajwe nuburyo butandukanye, inyenyeri ya "Major" na Solizabeth "izagira uruhare runini kandi izakora ibyangiritse bya Retand (Candy), iganisha ku cyaha nyacyo, cyabereye muri Texas ku wa gatanu , Ku ya 13 Kamena 1980, maze abantu bose bazwi cyane. Ibyanditswe hamwe nabatunganya urukurikirane rwicyitegererezo buzaba Robin Weite na Nick Antoska.
Candy montgomery yari ifite byose: Abana babiri, umugabo wuje urukundo numushahara munini, inzu nshya ninshuti nziza yimisozi miremire, bagiye mu rusengero hamwe. Ariko sinakunze bombo umugabo wanjye yahoraga akora kukazi, nuko yemeranya nu mukunzi we kubyerekeye amateraniro asanzwe yo gukora imibonano mpuzabitsina. Iyo Betty mumatariki adashimishije - Ku wa gatanu, 13 - yavuze ko bo n'umugabo we bategereje undi mwana, umugore wo mu rugo yihebye yatanze umukunzi ufite ishoka.
Elizabeth Moss rero avuga kubyerekeye inzira yo kwinjira muri uwo mushinga:
Narose gukina antiheroin igihe kirekire, ubwo rero ubwo natangwaga kugira ngo dukine umugore wo mu rugo ukomoka muri Texas, nakagombye kuzana n'ubwicanyi, navuze nti: "Aho ni he?" Kandi kuba bizashoboka gukorana numuriro, nuburyo bwo gushira kuri desmeza yiryoshye cheri ijana. Nishimiye cyane gufatanya na we.