Bringing Home Father

In the volatile social landscape of 1917, Peter Drake navigates a labyrinthine courtship of Jackie Swazey, a pursuit complicated by the formidable political aspirations of her mother. Mrs. Swazey, a strident suffragette and unwavering Prohibitionist, demands that Peter prove his worth by aiding her campaign and, more perilously, reforming her chronically inebriated husband. However, the narrative takes a sharp, satirical turn when Peter’s attempts at moral rectitude dissolve into a boozy camaraderie with the elder Swazey, leading the pair into the confines of a local jail. Their liberation comes at a steep price, orchestrated by the opportunistic Mike Clancey—Mrs. Swazey’s political nemesis—who demands her withdrawal from the race as recompense. Caught between familial loyalty and romantic desperation, Peter engineers a subversive masterstroke: he clandestinely intoxicates the temperance leader at her own rally, leveraging the resulting scandal to facilitate a swift elopement with Jackie before the sobriety of morning brings the inevitable reckoning.