`Hold your anger like a baby` advises bipolar psychologist Wilbur Waskowicks. He has just finished his first book, `Anger Vanquished,` and hired exuberant temp Francesca to proofread. She has a thing for messy situations: she married her poetry professor Fernando who was fired as a result. Francesca and Wilbur grow intimate, and when his book is published, abscond to Lake Tahoe for his book launching. Their affair is a brief dysfunctional glimpse of heaven that collides with reality when Wilbur gets the book`s dismal reviews. Two other couple`s stories intertwine: Joe a screenwriter with three ex-wives, four kids assorted between them, and Stacey, newly pregnant and hoping Joe will get her screenplay to his agent. And then there`s Angie and Angelo: her a petite, foul-mouthed waitress aspiring to be a vet, and him a overly-sensitive boxer who has finally gotten that title fight in Vegas - but not without the juice.