A neurotic, imaginative Bobby Nicksen finds himself in the height of a squirrel infestation. Has no time for anyone. Enter his best friend, Jim Trask. Trask offers advice and support but is out of his league. Ends up rekindling his long–ago love affair with Bobby's wife, Marion. Trask, a naive constable, proclaims his soul mission, playing the field, and…did. Professing undying love for Marion, he also pursues friend Jules and other women in general. Except a hag named Jen Carver. Jen weasels her way into his life through Jules, who plots against Marion. Marion is secretly an undercover police detective, with her own agenda. Trask is confused and untrusting yet a slave to Marion's whims, ensuring cooperation in her investigation. Unbeknown to Trask, Jules is the leader of a crime syndicate. Bobby meanwhile blows up his home to thwart the squirrels. Speculation abounds whether he lived or died. After all, Bobby was a legend in his own mind. As for the squirrels, God's irony? There's always Bobby's traps…