Though Lucas (Tom Blyth) is good at his job as a plainclothes police officer tasked with arresting men for public indecency, he lives in fear of his own queerness being exposed. Work is the only place he ever “meets” guys like Andrew (Russell Tovey) who make him wonder what his life might be like gay people weren’t forced to hide their identities. The more Lucas thinks about his future, the darker his anxieties become. A grim snapshot of the past, Plainclothes powerfully explores how normalized bigotry and state surveillance go hand-in-hand.