Examines the once a year phenomenon when the Californian squid come in their millions to mate in the shallow waters around the Californian coast. Their predators are, of course, well aware of this meeting. For many years, biologist Phil Sammet has been observing the Californian squid and has made some surprising discoveries.

　　讲述的是二十多的小伙子Ben是个酒保，突然在有一天发现前女友把他们激情后的结晶，一位女婴，留在了他租住的房门外。一位各方面都不成熟的小年轻突然要承担起为人之父的职责。经过一番思想斗争，他决定抚养起这个孩子。育儿故事就此展开……

　　Major Palgrave, an idiosyncratic but charming mystery writer, reveals to Miss Marple that one of the guests at a luxurious Caribbean resort they're staying at is a Bluebeard-type wife murderer. Unfortunately, the Major succumbs to an apparently accidental overdose of alcohol and blood pressure medication before revealing the killer's identity. When it's discovered that the medicine belonged to another guest and the revealing photograph the Major was carrying is missing, Miss Marple realizes that the serial killer has struck again and more murders will follow.

　　雷蒙德·巴隆是纽约一家体育报社的记者。他与妻子戴博拉、四岁的女儿艾利以及一对两岁的双胞胎，迈克和杰夫里，一起住在纽约长岛一栋宽敞漂亮的房子里。雷蒙德在工作上取得的优异成就和宽容风趣的性格让他成为家人的骄傲，以及所有人爱戴的对象；贤妻良母型的全职母亲戴博拉的精心经营更让这个年轻的五口之家成为美国三好家庭的文明典范……

　　当罗伊和伊莱恩·基南意识到他们的家庭正在逐渐疏远时，他们决定必须采取行动。罗伊迫使自己放下工作，他们抓住机会重现过去的一次度假经历。一个宁静的古朴酒店住宿正是他们所需要的，然而，等待他们的却并非如此。四个精神失常的杀手在看似平凡的走廊里巡逻，基南一家显然处于不利地位。罗伊必须为自己的生命和家人的生命而战，因为他们简单的周末度假真正变成了一次致命的旅行。