Tyler is a flagrant pop-tart on the make. Typically reactionary, he intends to earn his millions working at the nuclear plant where his hippie parents protested in bygone years. Happily ensconced in his cosy life, with neat girlfriend, smart jokes and shampoo collection in tow, a series of seemingly uncontrollable events snowball, forcing Tyler to re-assess some of his assumptions about life, the universe and everything . . .