Jane discovers that she's pregnant, but she doesn't want to tell Michael since he has previously told her that he doesn't want children so early in their marriage. So, Jane considers getting an abortion. Meanwhile, Billy tries to get a job as a column writer at a newspaper agency and decides to write an article on Bungee Jumping. So, he gets Jake and Matt to go out with him for the experience, but he himself chickens out at the last moment.
Algis Budrys won a Mystery Writers Edgar Special Award for "The Master of the Hounds," the novella this film was based on, originally published in The Saturday Evening Post, August 27, 1966.