In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the edge of nuclear war. Since they keep their daily lives this shadow looms across the residents of some small town in Kansas. Dr. Russell Oakes asserts his busy schedule at a medical facility, Denise Dahlberg prepares for the upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is profound in his grad studies. The dinosaurs comedown along with After the unthinkable happens, town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.