Blake Washburn blames manufacturer MacFarland for his defeat in the race for re-election. He takes over his uncle’s newspaper to take on big business as an enemy of the people.
Alex and Erica Boyer’s marriage is in a crisis: job and wife bore Alex. When Erica has an accident that has her staying in a wheel chair for some time, it changes their life: Alex meets Erica’s young therapy assistant Lisa and gets the idea that she’d be the end of his boredom and he could start over with her. However Lisa’s boyfriend feels what’s going on and isn’t idle.