Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) is a socialite who died after choking on some Chinese food. A year after her death, her spiritually-inclined sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) brings her back to life. Treated as a spiritual phenomenon, she also has to deal with the fact that her husband Jason (Corbin Bernsen) is now married to their mutual friend Kim Lacey (Sela Ward). Kim, sensing a romantic rivalry, tries to debunk Lucy's comeback, but she won't go down without a fight.