Nick and Leigh (Nicholas Backlund and Catherine Fogarty) were both teen-aged stars in an unbearably awful 1970s sitcom, entitled "Heaven Help Popp". The experience seemingly scarred them for life. Now in their thirties, the two wander the country together, settling in new towns only until their awful sitcom shows up as reruns on cable. Then they split, along with Leigh's female companion and lover Maryland (Mary Elizabeth Keller). When they reach a Virginia fishing town along the Chesapeake Bay, Nick has just about had it with wandering. He used to be Leigh's boyfriend back in the bad old days; now he wants to find a woman of his own, settle down, and live (modestly) off his residuals, the income he gets for re-broadcasts of the sitcom he was in. It begins to look as though he has finally found what he's seeking with a quirky local woman (Pamela Stewart), when the two former juvenile actors learn of the death of one of their co-stars.
by Clarke Fountain
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