In an interview with news station WNC9, presidential candidate Verne Midar disparages the aliens known as Malacares. Producer Anastasia Atwood has a secret.
Anastasia clashes with Malacare reporter Jennifer Ross over how to cover the wrongful handcuffing of a Malacare woman mistaken for a homicide suspect. An angry viewer tries to force his way into the station.
Breaking news of a police standoff drags Anastasia away from the anniversary party for her moms. Jennifer lands an interview with the family of the Malacare woman wrongfully handcuffed.
Jennifer and Anastasia interview Thomas Loh, whose wife Sarah was mistaken for another Malacare woman and handcuffed. Anastasia is put off by the sexist practices of traditional Malacare culture.
Anastasia has a bad first date. She winds up at the bar her coworkers go to every week, and has a heart-to-heart with Dave Manning, her closest friend at the station.