In the first episode, a small businessman's enterprise is on the rocks; luckily, his wife is a (skillful) kleptomaniac, and he takes advantage of that fact. In the next episode, a carnival knife-thrower has been planning for years to "miss" and "accidentally kill his female assistant. In the third episode a professor uses his position to enjoy more than his share of young female companionship. In the final episode, a country yokel has a knack for complaining about the smallest things -- even when nothing is happening.