两名学生来自周边高校在纽约州北部被席卷在一个悲剧性的浪漫插曲，要求愿景超出了他们的能力，经验的成熟。

离婚的男人爱上，但不知何故，他无法忘记他的前妻。这会影响在喜剧方面他的爱情生活。根据丹·韦克菲尔德的小说。

Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band. He is being pressured by his foster mother to give up his singing and go back to school. His wife, Georgette, and young daughter unexpectedly come to town to live with him. However Henry's hot temper leads him into knife fights, and jeopardizes his parole.