The series explores the story of the city of Katrina New Orleans, which embodies the lives of people there. The series tells of a group of New Orleans musicians, chefs and residents struggling to cope with the 2005 hurricane.
This is the kind of TV that viewers ask for but rarely get, driven by characters who are more than the sum of one or two qualities and who harbor depths that are revealed slowly, subtly, and authentically.
Sometimes we want to slap some of these folks, but more than that we want them to succeed, and their determination to get back on their feet gives "Treme" the potential to show us both the storm and the sun.