Ellen
Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's reduced to stealing from one family member to buy presents for others. It's looking pretty bleak until her daughter pushes her into buying a 'guilt gift' of a PC, complete with modem. Master shopper becomes master hacker, and Rosalie is back on top.
Secretary
When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead. His mother is furious, but when Jack uses the magic bike to save the local hot dog stand from the clutches of corrupt big business, he becomes the town hero.
Rosie Dunlop
1948年、テキサス州ヒューストン。オーロラは自分が産んだ娘をエマと名付ける。夫と死別した後、手塩にかけてエマを育てるオーロラにとって何よりの楽しみは、エマの成長だった。しかし、21歳になったエマはオーロラの反対を押し切って、ある大学教師と結婚してしまう。エマが去ってから1年後、オーロラの家の隣に住む元宇宙飛行士ギャレットは寂しそうなオーロラを慰める。オーロラはエマとの関係をすべて切り捨てる。
