The year is 1983. Mark, fresh from college, returns to his boring hometown to work off his gambling debts. Mark spends his days at the Paddy Wagon, tending bar and hanging out with his childhood friend, Otis. Otis wants to relive the old days, Mark doesn't. One pivotal day, Mark desperately wagers on a baseball game. All hell breaks loose when Otis tries to help Mark outwit his sleazy bookie, setting into play a strange turn of events. With some help from Otis and the Paddy Wagon's quirky regulars, among them an angry war vet in a parrot costume and a traveling salesman with a "small" problem, Mark finally gets what he deserves.