Dash has nothing figured out. He's 33, broke, depressed and still in love with his ex, Lauren. Dash's world explodes when Lauren gets engaged to a man she barely knows. Life looks pretty hopeless for Dash until he meets Nora van Denbrock, a spontaneous, unforgettable woman. However, timing is everything, and Nora is not the type of woman who is going to wait around for Dash to figure out his life. Dash desperately needs to change. With his life crumbling around him, he does what every neurotic, immature, hopeless romantic, male would do. Dash goes for psychotherapy. Under the guidance of Dr. Goldberg, he navigates through the confusing labyrinth of love and faces the harsh realities of growing up. Unfortunately Dash is trapped in a perpetual state of unrequited love. He can't let go of the past. At the end of his rope, he is forced to make a huge decision that will change his life forever. And so the story goes: boy loses girl, boy meets new girl, boy loses mind, boy finds himself ...

Alberta, a mousy young woman with the survival skills of a snail, loses cash that isn't hers, so she runs from her small town to Seattle where her old babysitter, Celene, lives - a dominatrix with a classy apartment and a life plan. She lets Alberta stay. Alberta gets a job as a checker at a supermarket and becomes fascinated with Celene's work. While vamping in one of Celene's costumes, Alberta ruins it; to make the money to pay Celene back, Alberta contacts Paul, who's sent Celene a tape asking to be a client. Alberta poses as Celene, fitfully playing the part when thugs burst into Paul's apartment looking for $500,000 he stole. Alberta is over her head. Is there any way out?