A postmodern analysis of the trial of Charles Manson and his followers. Perry is an earnest, sexually desperate young chemist who is engaged to Dorothy, a devout Christian who refuses to sleep with him until they get married. When he is called for jury duty on the Manson Family trial, Perry is exposed to a completely different world, one defined by drugs, rock and roll and free love. He finds he is especially taken with Leslie Van Houten, who appears to be the least indoctrinated member of the family.