Failing to make it on his own, twenty-seven-year-old Jim moves back in with his parents and deals with crippling family obligations.
A young man goes to prison and a tough, older convict takes him under his wing as a mentor.
After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
Tommy is an unemployed mechanic who spends most of his time in a bar (Trees Lounge) in a small blue collar town. He seems to always be thinking, "If only X then I could stop drinking".