Sam Beckett is in charge of the Graves Registration Unit and therefore doesn't make friends easily, at least not ones with heartbeats. Everyone volunteers to help break Beckett out of his bizarre world of the dead. Lt. Price, a criminal investigating officer, is looking for a deserter by the name of Filmore Cross. Unfortunate for Cherry White, Filmore Cross has roped her into his web of treachery. Cross is brought to justice, once Cherry realizes he is an imposter and a military deserter; she turns him into Lt. Price.