Meet George Mahoney, designer of refrigerators and a real middle-of-the-road kind of guy. Even his wife describes him as "passive-passive." What changes all this is the arrival of a new office mate, the youthful Niagara Spense. A six-foot, near-sighted scientist--whose personality makes up for her fashion sense--Niagara seeps into George's life and makes the unthinkable irresistible. George can't get enough of her and her incredible quest for electrical evidence of life after death. But are the sparks reallly flying? Or is Niagara merely providing a needed surge in George's static existence? As the two workers connect in this charming love story, George finds himself reevaluating his family, his career, and the protective shell he has so carefully constructed to guard against the dangers of love and an active imagination.