Fatal Attraction

Dan Gallagher, a New York City corporate lawyer, and Beth Gallagher are happily married, with a six-year-old daughter named Ellen. When Beth and Ellen leave town for what ends up being an extended weekend, Dan, regardless, falls into a sexual liaison with Alex Forrest, a woman he has just met. She is a new associate editor at one of his firm's client agencies. As she knows about his marital situation, he enters into the liaison with the unspoken understanding that it is no-strings and will end no later than when Beth and Ellen return home. He feels comfortable enough with the situation when he and Alex enter it mutually initiated as he has no reason to see her in his day-to-day life. As the end of the weekend approaches, it becomes increasingly clear to him that she wants to continue their relationship using different means to achieve i, including being passive-aggressive toward him, and emotional blackmail. Conversely, he wants to protect the current life he has with Beth and Ellen, which means Beth not finding out about Alex. As he does whatever he can to dissuade Alex, she also goes to new extremes to keep him, her actions which may possibly include harm to herself, him, and most importantly to Beth and Ellen, all in an effort to show him that she "will not be ignored".