In this series premiere, a lady cab driver in Los Angeles inherits the controlling interest in a giant corporation and becomes a champion for the little guy against the system. Shirley Simmons is a cabbie who inherits controlling interest in a $200-million corporation. In the opener, she refuses to be bought out and assumes board chairmanship.

Shirley's good deed lands her in a pickle of a predicament that requires some outrageous maneuvering when she loses her secretary's nine-year-old son.