After police find a family dead - a presumable murder-suicide committed by the father - the news media provides answers from the supposed experts. A female police officer on the heels of a messy breakup unintentionally meets a possible new Mr.Right, she hopes. A high school senior helps his widowed mother make ends meet by working after school as a grocery store sacker. He receives an offer from a local drug dealer and finds out he can make 'all kinds of green' more easily. Each story is related and demonstrates that nothing happens in a vacuum and that, despite appearances, things are not always what they seem.