She has a lot of ambition, including a step-by-step plan for her career—in writing. In the beginning, Deanna is eagerly working extra hours for the station’s brightest star, Angela Perkins, hoping to gain knowledge and experience from this older, successful mentor. Deanna is also dating a psychologist who sometimes acts as an expert for Angela’s popular talk show. But Deanna, with her Midwestern work ethic and values, is naive about Angela’s true character. Angela knows Deanna is potential competition and plans to keep her close. She’s also working to sabotage Deanna’s bright future by undermining both Deanna’s relationship with the psychologist and her job. When Deanna unknowingly crosses Angela, a series of events is begun that leads to revenge, betrayal, sabotage, blackmail and eventually murder.