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It isn't bad enough that divorcee Joanne Saunders must raise her son by herself and slave away for tips as a night-shift restaurant hostess. Now she must deal with an angry driver who runs her car off the road--and, in an apparent frenzy of road rage, continues terrorizing Joanne and her son long after the incident. But is this merely a random act of harassment, or can the demented driver be pursuing an altogether different (and more deadly) agenda? Originally seen over the Lifetime network on September 6, 2004, A Deadly Encounter (aka Over the Edge) posted some of that cable service's highest ratings, attracting 2.6 million viewers for its initial airing.