Jeff (Segel) is a 30-year-old unemployed stoner (drug user) living in his mother Sharon's (Sarandon) basement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana. He looks for his destiny in seemingly random occurrences. He finds inspiration in the feature film ''Signs (film)'', which reinforces his belief in this outlook. One day, he answers the telephone; it's a wrong number, from somebody asking for "Kevin," and Jeff contemplates the meaning of this, deciding it's a sign.