Gretchen Storms

"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with composer Jim Steinman, and together the two make music history with the operatic rock album "Bat Out of Hell." But the demons that drive Meat Loaf aren't assuaged by success, and eventually he must come to terms with them.

Le révérend Eric Camden et sa femme Annie passent chaque instant à s'occuper de leur sept enfants. Mais c'est sans compter leurs amis, petits amis et plus tard, époux qui défilent constamment dans le foyer des Camden.

A Santa Monica, quartier de Los Angeles, la criminalité prend de nouvelles formes : les voleurs à la tire se déplacent en patins à roulettes ou à vélo. Pour les contrer, la ville a créé une brigade spéciale qui traque les dealers et les voleurs en V.T.T.