Ray Pluto has many problems. He is satirized in the tabloids as the "loser cop." His partner is starting to seem suspiciously attracted to him. A pair of screenwriters across the hall keep bugging him for help. The superintendent of his building is stabbed by hoodlums hired by his own rebellious daughter. To top it off, a sexually aggressive chiropractor may just be Ray's undoing.

Through a series of calamitous events, he finds himself handcuffed to a naïve, but eager Dan (Keith Nobbs) who miraculously has stolen the prized briefcase.

Un passionné de théâtre désabusé prend Othello pour la réalité et cherche à se venger du méchant Iago, sa femme rentre à la maison et trouve une maîtresse séduisante dans leur appartement, et un metteur en scène expérimente sa nouvelle pièce. Ces histoires et d'autres se croisent dans un récit sur la vie, l'amour et le théâtre, ainsi que sur la façon dont l'art peut changer la vie des gens de manière très inhabituelle.