Reese Donahue (Jessica Rothe) an aspiring writer, works hard to keep from working. She suffers from a strong case of entitlement. Her mother died when she was sixteen, and her father, Grayson Donahue (Kevin Kilner) tries to give Reese and her sister, Audrey (Louise Dylan) all that they need. When a family secret is uncovered, Reese feels betrayed, and alone, and is faced with a decision, to take what her mother wanted for her, or to stay in a predestined life that’s not nearly as exciting as the unknown.
Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.