In the small Kansas town of Fair Oaks, diner waitress Betty Sizemore is a fan of the soap opera "A Reason to Love". She has no idea that her husband Del, a car salesman, is having a sexual affair with another woman. She also doesn't know that her husband supplements his income by selling drugs. When Betty calls to ask about borrowing a Buick LeSabre for her birthday, Del tells her to take a different car. Unbeknownst to her, drugs are hidden in the LeSabre's trunk. Two hitmen, Charlie and Wesley, come to Betty and Del's house. Charlie threatens to scalp Del if he doesn't reveal where the drugs are, and Del reveals that he has hidden the drugs in the trunk of the LeSabre; afterwards, Wesley still scalps Del. Betty witnesses the murder and enters a fugue state, assuming the identity of a character in "A Reason to Love" who is a nurse.