While walking back to their apartment after an evening out, Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) encounter a thief, and Sam is killed. When his soul stays on earth, he realizes they weren’t the victims of a random mugging and that Molly’s life is in danger.

The only problem is, she can’t see or hear him, so he enlists the help of a psychic (Whoopi Goldberg) in order to communicate with his wife.