 Meanwhile, in New York, columnist Homer Eisenhower Graham or "Ike" (Richard Gere), writes an article about her that contains several factual errors, supplied to him by a man he meets in a bar who Ike later learns was one of Maggie's former fiancés.Ike is fired for not verifying his source, but is invited to write an in-depth article about Maggie in a bid to restore his reputation.He travels to Hale, Maryland, where he finds Maggie living with her family and on her fourth attempt to become married.