A 50 year old adman (Robert Urich) loses his job. Rather than facing trying to find a new job, he decides to try to make it on the senior golf tour. This causes him to neglect his wife (Meredith Baxter) and family. 故事梗概： 麦奇是一家广告公司的职员。进入公司二十二年的他在圣诞节前夕被新任老板以“毫无作为”为由予以解雇后，麦奇一时失去了生活的方向。对于年逾五十的麦奇来说，辛苦工作尚不足以和开办救助学校的妻子苏珊一起承担家庭生活的费用，失业对于拮据的境遇无疑于雪上加霜。麦奇没有把被解雇的消息告诉妻子，直到圣诞过后，家庭生活帐单...