Set in the Marvel's X-Men Universe, Gifted (working title) follows two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
In this ABC drama pilot a small town is set on edge by a murder-its first crime in seven years. The focus is on the town's new sheriff tasked with solving the case.