Sam is the ringleader of a group of friends in the happy California town of San Luis Obispo. They drink, they barbecue. Some work at the local weekly paper, where Sam is the arts editor. Things start to fall apart at the paper and Quinn, Iris, Ursula and the others are going to lose their jobs. Sam has to dig deep to find what's right as the friends see betrayal and Iris' burning need to become pregnant change who's in and who's out of their tight-knit group. Can Quinn and Iris make a baby? Turns out it's not so easy.