The body is identified as a 23-year-old woman who was raped and murdered, and Claire visits the funeral home out of a sense of guilt. When he comes home, Stuart eventually admits to Claire what they had done, and she is disgusted that they could fish for days with the woman's body nearby. After some debate, they decide to tie her to the rocks, continue fishing, and report the body when they are done. On the first day, they find a young woman's body, submerged near some rocks. Stuart and his two friends, Gordon and Vern, harass Doreen at the diner before they head out on their three-day fishing trip. That led to the estrangement between father and son. When Howard's mother went to her sister's house, she found her undressed in the presence of her husband, who she was attempting to seduce. Howard's estranged father Paul turns up at the hospital and recalls that Casey's hospitalization reminds him of the day that Howard was in a car accident as a boy. While the Finnigans maintain their vigil, Bitkower continues to call and harass the couple. The baker immediately calls back, incensed at being hung up on. The baker, Andy Bitkower, calls the next day to inform Ann that the cake is ready, but Howard, wanting to keep the line free, briskly ends the conversation.

His father Howard convinces her to take Casey to the hospital, where he remains unconscious. His mother Anne comes home from ordering his birthday cake to find him slumped lethargically on the couch. Casey appears fine and refuses Doreen's offer of a ride home, as she is a stranger. The day before Casey's eighth birthday, Doreen hits him with her car as he is running to school.

Jerry and Lois are friends with Doreen's daughter, Honey, and her husband, Bill, who works as a makeup artist. Their pool cleaner is Jerry Kaiser, whose wife, Lois, works from home as a phone sex operator, tending to the children while she talks off strange men. Television commentator Howard Finnigan lives with his wife, Anne, and their young son, Casey, next door to Zoe and her mother, cabaret singer Tess. Waitress Doreen Piggot is married to an alcoholic limo driver, Earl.

Betty is in the process of divorcing one of the helicopter pilots, Stormy. Marian's sister, Sherri, is married to philandering cop Gene, who invents unbelievable stories to hide his affair with Betty Weathers. Ralph Wyman and his wife, Marian, meet another couple, Stuart and Claire Kane–an out-of-work salesman and a party clown respectively–at Zoe Trainer's cello concert and make a spontaneous Sunday dinner date. ( October 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī fleet of helicopters sprays for medflies and reveals all the characters along the path of their flight. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.

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