A lawyer whose wife has had an affair sets out to leave her by flying to LA. He becomes ever more involved in the lives of a few fellow travelers on a journey that ends up showing him as much about himself as about the others.
妃耦的死给电视台王牌主播霍华德（彼得·芬奇 Peter Finch 饰）带来了沉重的冲击，使他堕进疾苦和哀痛中没法自拔。电视台决定解雇已经无苦处情的霍华德，霍华德的老同伙麦克斯（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）成为了传递这一凶讯的不二人选。得知本人行将被 解雇，为电视台做牛做马多年的霍华德很是愤慨，在第二天的节目上，他居然向观众们预…
事业有成、意气风发的史蒂文•弗瑞林（Craig T. Nelson 饰）带着妃耦戴安（JoBeth Williams 饰）和三个孩子搬进了加利福尼亚某郊外社区。但在进住不久，怪事便频仍产生。先是小女儿卡萝（Heather O'Rourke 饰）梦游，对着主动开启漫屏雪花的电视机自言自语。接着便又不明物体从电视机中飘出，莫名的地动，破碎的玻璃杯……云云各种，搅得弗瑞林…
