To cover a story, Susan spends time with an assertiveness-training guru---who sends her chutzpah level soaring off the charts.

When her utilities are cut off, Susan jumps through hoops to get them restored. But trouble ensues when she writes an exposé on the incident.

Susan falls for a nihilistic rocker, and the attraction is mutual - despite a severe conflict of life styles and values.

Susan reluctantly does a favor for Jack by attending a charity function with Jack, his wife Margo, and her incredibly obnoxious brother. When Susan finally tells the creep off, Margo and her brother storm out, leaving Susan alone to deal with an inebriated Jack, who winds up spending the night on her sofa. But the next day Margo is not quite willing to believe that's all that happened.