Alex, 43 ans, est dépanneur automobile dans le garage que dirige d'une main de fer sa mère. Un jour, il dépanne une jeune femme et passe la nuit chez elle, mais au petit matin elle a disparu lui laissant sur les bras trois enfants.
Dave Stimple, an unfocused mattress store owner, is having issues connecting with everyone around him. He arrives at the shop one morning to find the local health and safety people have shut him down. Bugs, huge bed bugs and lots of complaints are cited as the reason. Dave is really confused and his relationships with his wife, friends, and his own humanity seem to be devolving and increasingly distracting anomalies begin to take over his reality. But his issues may not be as internal as they seem.