Sue Buttons is having a bad day. Her Job sucks. Her coworkers barely know she exists. Her husband is cheating on her. Her sister is ambivalent towards her, and...
It's her Birthday.
When she sees her husband renting a motel room, she perks up. He must be going to surprise her with a little sexy surprise. So she gets a key from the front desk and joins him - and his mistress in the middle of sex.
Things get worse and Sue decides she can find happiness if she gets coverage from the local News Channel where her sister happens to work. but the coverage is because her husband has gone missing.