Kate Maddox has a problem: she’s been kidnapped by a couple of guys and held against her will in a seedy apartment. That’s not the problem, though — her kidnappers just aren’t that bright, and when you’ve been shanghai’ed, the least you could expect is some snappy conversation. The Big-Man Conversation, though, is being had by Army General Cooper and oil baron Dixie Johnson about the state of the world, while Doctor Don is headed Kate’s way on the elevated highway of the future, as he picks up an unwitting passenger!