Intuition is not always the best way to grasp the many dangers and risks we are faced with on a daily basis. In these modern times, we are equipped with far more effective tools, such as artificial intelligence.George, a Princeton physics grad student meets Julia and is unaware that he is being targeted as a potential husband. Lured by her sexual prowess, he is coaxed into marrying her, and the wedding is filled with regrettable drama. Peter, an overzealous auctioneer, taxes his physical well-being by pushing himself to the limit, after auctioning the single Van Gogh painting that he has pursued for more than thirty years. Wilhelm, the premier of Prussia, faces capture by the Nazis after his Middle Eastern identity is revealed by the woman he exposed to freakish sexual torture and the four-year-old son that he fathered. A safety engineer becomes so preoccupied by his divorce that his negligence at a construction site wreaks havoc on others. Recklessness and obsession often expose individuals to great risks and dangers.Their paths cross at a Puerto Rican parade going through a hi-tech gated community on Avenue D in Manhattan's lower east side. The safety and well-being those inside the gates are guaranteed by prDir, a super-computer armed with the most advanced artificial intelligence, to predict and prevent potential hazards. Unfortunately, those who did not go "Through Avenue D" face doom. But can George leverage this advanced technology using his brilliant NASA-trained mind and his own theories about prDir's algorithms to come to their rescue?
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