When guileless Irish drifter Brendan arrives in Newcastle he befriends a shady nightclub owner, Finney, who is locked in a power struggle over the fate of his bar with a villainous developer, Cosmo. However Brendon falls in love with neglected waitress Kate, who just happens to be Cosmo's mistress! Stormy Monday is a dark tale of frustration and obsession in a world where morality holds little sway.