Joe is clinging by his fingernails to the fragile existence he has created. When his new girlfriend falls pregnant, his world unravels and he has no choice but to face his broken past and try to regain control of his destiny. His best friend's wife wants to help (to the horror of her husband) but with an angry ex-girlfriend and her even less receptive father in his way, Joe struggles at every turn to become the man the world needs him to be. A tale of a flawed man facing up to the possibility of a dead-end future and a seriously messy past.