After the death of a major player in a historic assault on the ecology of the Everglades, Leah Jones, a victim who was present in the scheme, retells her story to a local reporter. Her retelling reveals more on how her friends unwillingly became part of this scheme.

Ashlyn is a high school girl who is obsessed with old movies for the 1950's. This concerns Frances, her grandmother, as she fears her granddaughter is living in the past and avoiding other kids at school. All this changes when Ashlyn comes across a magical TV remote that transports her through her TV screen into the 1950's. At first enamored, Ashlyn slowly discovers that all is not what it seems. Can she have a change of heart and an open mind before it's too late?