'The Topeka School' unfolds the tale of Adam Gordon, a senior at Topeka High School in the late 1990s. Surrounded by the ambitions and troubles that dwell within his family, Adam navigates the minefield of toxic masculinity and social expectations. His mother, a renowned feminist author, and his father, specialized in treating 'lost boys,' both work at a psychiatric clinic that becomes a microcosm of wider societal issues. As the narrative deftly shifts between perspectives and timelines, it dissects the fragile threads binding a family and the harrowing prehistory of a politically and socially divided America. It reflects on the seeds of division, dissects the crisis of male identity, and examines what it means to grow up amidst the rise of the trolls and tyrants that epitomize the New Right.