"The Institute" unspools the mystery of a shadowy organization that is kidnapping children with psychic powers and using them for top-secret missions whose purpose (at least according to the The Institute itself) is "saving the world." When Luke Ellis, who happens to be a genius in addition to a telekinetic, becomes the latest abductee, he is determined to find a way out for him and his new friends - and, just maybe, to bring the whole organization crashing down.