An emotionally repressed columnist, who is trapped in a cycle of disastrous dates and an oppressive job, meets a mysterious man who urges her to embrace chaos and break free.
In 1933 New York City, Benny Lipman is a young Jewish gangster rising through the mob scene alongside notorious figures including Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel, and Lucky Luciano. When breaking up local Nazi rallies isn't enough, Benny devises a daring plan to infiltrate Germany and assassinate Hitler by luring him into an art gallery—and even persuades his bosses to back the mission.
Off-Broadway actress Burne Peter joins an international theater troupe at a decommissioned prison on the Ukrainian coast. The troupe, led by famous but unstable director Dado Levytskyy, is rehearsing a new translation of an old Polish play. However, each time they rehearse, an actor vanishes.
Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.