Police bungling in the war on drugs, televangelism's popularity, and the power of mass media are three strands satirizing society.

A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.

A cop goes to a small Texas town to find out who murdered his former partner there.