Although stuck in an airport hotel, a recently promoted businesswoman (Stockard Channing) and her assistant (Julia Stiles), a disaffected college grad, are determined to have a good time. As the night progresses, the women drink a lot, flirt, lie, and find themselves wrapped in an intricate power struggle. The story acquires a new wrinkle when the male business traveller (Fred Willard) who joins the mix is identified by the assistant to be the man who sexually assaulted her best friend back in college.