Ann, a cute video store clerk, calls a suicide hotline when her boyfriend breaks up with her. She speaks with Don, who volunteers there when he's not selling real estate for his dad. By chance, he finds out who Ann is.

Four friends play soccer on the street. Suddenly the ball falls inside "Evil Grandma's" house.

Three middle-aged women gather at the home of one of them to help her fulfill one of her wishes.

Three days before her wedding, Julia receives a phone call saying her father will not attend the ceremony because he is dead. After the funeral, the daughter receives a coffin containing a father-like android with all his memories.

Hank Marshall is a tough, square-jawed, straitlaced Army engineer and nuclear science expert, assigned to help conduct weapons testing in 1950s America. Hank has become a thorn in the side of the Army, though, for a couple of very different reasons. He is an outspoken opponent of atmospheric testing, though his superiors hold contrary views and want to squelch his concerns...and his reports. The other problem is his wife, Carly. She is voluptuous and volatile, wreaking havoc in his personal life and stirring up intrigue at each new Army base.