Tom Sanders was a dedicated manager at a computer company in Seattle. Happily married with children, Tom had high hopes for a promotion from his boss, but it was snatched away by Meredith Johnson, his alluring ex-girlfriend instead. Somehow Tom took it with a grain of salt, until a personal meeting turned into a seduction when Meredith decided to live out her sexual fantasies and made advances towards him. Tom rejected her, making Meredith furious. With his only option being to sue for sexual harassment. However, everyone believed there was another way, and his boss wanted to transfer him to another department, forcing him to lose everything. Tom soon discovered not only was the system rigged against him, but Meredith was out to destroy his career and bolster herself by blaming him for a serious error in judgment.