Lou, a teenage tomboy in a small Californian town, idolizes her single father. When he has a date over one night and she is cast out of the house, Lou wanders to the outer reaches of town and into a new era of teenage identity.
A couple and their young daughter fight to survive the breakout of the Simian Flu virus that has taken a heavy toll on the human population soon after the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".
The slow death of the world is seen in vignettes leading up to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).