A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in-law's bank, Bill's wife Jess is loathe to explain her "friendship" with the local news anchorman.
But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie sales girl named Lucy. Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident.