In 1887 New York City, Nellie Bly has ambitions beyond writing for the ladies pages, but no one gives her a chance. But in this fictionalized account of a true feminist trailblazer, a newspaper challenges Nellie to an assignment she'd be mad to accept and mad to refuse: go undercover as a patient at Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum for women. As she attempts to survive ten days in the madhouse, Nellie befriends her fellow patients, who help her uncover shocking truths about the asylum—but will she get out before rival reporters get the scoop?