Doug Selby and Rex Brandon witness a traffic accident late on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. They are summoned to the area by a phone call from a man who has clearly had too much to drink and who is experiencing what is called 'a crying jag' - overwhelming feelings of regrets induced by too much alcohol and the proximity of a holiday weekend. He hopes the sheriff will extricate him from the situation in which he finds himself - incapacitated by alcohol and in possession of a stolen car - but the sheriff's only concern is to ensure that he doesn't get behind the wheel. Continued