The story of a Northwestern Drifter who has already wasted 1 quarter of his life and gets by with a full tank of gas and $200. Lyle is a lonely Northwestern drifter tries to settle into a new environment and takes a job at a gas station and begins a relationship with a waitress (Gail Rosella). But his tribulations with roommates and leads to a foreboding sense of suffocation, and at any moment, he might just pick and go...
Scott, John and Suzie quit their boring jobs and depart L.A. for Alaska to pursue their dream of their own salmon fishing business. They soon find that life in Alaska is more difficult than expected as they are forced to abandon their plans and make desperate choices just to survive.
When aging newspaper Editor Frank Miller is fired after decades of service and replaced by a computer, he cannot take this fate quietly. Frank becomes enraged and starts writing letters to his son, Richard, expressing his fury.
