A young private investigator in LA toes the line between danger and heartbreak as he tries to help a woman to commit fraud in order to get the money he needs to help his sick mother.

Private Joe Bauers, a decisively average American, is selected as a guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten, awakening to a future so incredibly moronic he's easily the most intelligent person alive.

After an unplanned pregnancy and a hasty marriage, an aspiring children's entertainer and his bar-tending wife are forced to confront difficult choices about their future.