In a cheap motel an hour from Cape Canaveral, Janet Drummond takes her medication, and does a rapid tally of the whereabouts of her children. Wade has spent the night in jail; suicidal .Bryan is due to arrive at any moment with bis vowel-free girlfriend, Shw; and then there is Sarah, 'a bolt of lightning frozen in midflash' - here in Orlando to be the star of Friday's shuttle mission.
With Janet's ex-husband and his trophy wife also in town, Janet spends a moment contemplating her family; and where it all went wrong. Or did it?