Paul Keller (Nicholas Walker) is a Reverend married to Martha (Ally Sheedy) with stepson Edgar. Nobody is happy and he's having an affair with Edgar's teacher Veronica Dow. Charlene Hunt (Sally Kirkland) runs the motel where he has his tryst. In order to escape his life, he plans to fake his own death and running away with Veronica. Instead, he hits his head and suffers amnesia. Disturbed Charlene finds him and keeps it a secret. Insurance investigator Tim Bishop (John Savage) examines Paul's large policy claim.
The story is full of holes. I don't see how any of it is supposed to work. There is no way that a death could be declared so soon without a body. The police is non-existent in the plot. I don't know how he's supposed to get his hands on his insurance money. I don't know why Veronica would work with Martha and vice versa. It seems to be trying for a black comedy but it doesn't work. It's trying to do a lot. Honestly, I was only interested to check out Ally Sheedy and she's fine. This movie is not so fine. It just doesn't work.