Boy Gets Girl uses the story of what happens when a blind date turns into a living nightmare to examine stalking, sexism and the nature of the idea of romantic pursuit.
Theresa Bedell is a smart, successful woman in her 30s, who writes for an upscale literary New York magazine.
[1] A friend sets Theresa up on a blind date with a nice guy named Tony who works in the computer industry.
Despite all her efforts to avoid him by hiding in her work and opening up to her colleagues, she eventually realizes that he has and will always have control over her life.
She eventually loses everything, including her identity, humanity, and will, as she changes her name and moves out of New York City to Denver, a shadow of the woman she once was.