在这部成功湖剧情/爱情片中,杰克·吉伦哈尔将首度亮相小荧屏，领衔主演HBO限定剧《成功之湖》(Lake Success，暂译)。剧集讲述了对冲基金经理巴里·科恩(吉伦哈尔饰)为了寻找大学女友和最后一次浪漫救赎的机会，乘长途汽车逃离了家庭和过去的生活。与此同时在曼哈顿其妻子西玛努力抚养着他们患有自闭症的儿子，并开始了自己的爱情。本剧改编自加里·施特恩加特的同名小说，汤姆·斯皮扎利(《守望尘世》)撰写剧本。
Lake Success centers on narcissistic, self-deluded and hilariously divorced from the real world, hedge fund manager Barry Cohen who flees his family, his past and the SEC on a cross-country bus ride in search of his college girlfriend and a last chance at romantic redemption. Meanwhile, back in Manhattan, his brilliant wife Seema struggles to raise their autistic son and begins a tragicomic love affair of her own.
