Set in the Napa Valley in 1895, an immigrant family struggles to keep their vineyards from industrialists.

Floyd, the owner of a bar on the Texas coast, has been depressed for a year after his wife disappeared in a swimming accident. He lives with his senile father-in-law "The General" and is helped by Jimmy, a former asylum inmate, and the good-natured Louise. The bar is rapidly losing money and Charlie wants to buy it cheaply before it becomes publicly known that a nearby bridge is to be built. Louise offers her savings to go into partnership with Floyd, but Floyd decides to sell when he is forced to pay his back taxes.

A police detective tracks a serial killer who is stalking young women on a beach front after each game that a baseball pitcher wins.

黛西的父亲是个飞行员，在一次事故中去世，这对黛西幼小的心灵造成了极大的伤害。黛西禁锢了自己的内心世界，母亲朗达十分焦灼，却又无可奈何。朗达带着黛西回到母亲家，希望能使黛西放松。在那里，她邂逅善良的飞行员史蒂夫，史蒂夫对朗达格外关心，和黛西也成了好朋友。朗达还没有从失去亲人的悲伤中走出来，对史蒂夫的好意心存芥蒂，不愿意重新投入爱的世界。黛西听从了一位善良老人的建议，给在天堂里的爸爸写了一封信。系在气球上的信飘到了加拿大，为黛西带来了一段意想不到的友谊……