ArtieLewis(MichaelKeaton)isanNYPDdetectivewhobelievesinhiswork,loveshiswifeRita(ReneRusso),andstandsbyhispartnerStevieDiroma(AnthonyLaPaglia).Afterahard,violentdayatworkArtieandSteviereassureeachotherthat,thoughbatteredandbruised,theyare"stillalive".Stevieisawidowerwiththreeyoungdaughters.HeiskilledinthelineofdutybyMickeyGarrett(DavidBarryGray)duringahostagesituation.Stevie'sdaughtersMarian(GraceJohnston),Barbara(RheaSilver-Smith),andCarol(BlairSwanson)areleftorphanswithnorelativestoturnto.