Vincent MacKenna is a retired, grumpy, Alcoholism Vietnam War veteran living in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, who Chain smoking and Gambling regularly. His wife, Sandy, developed Alzheimer's disease years ago and can no longer recognize him, but he poses as a doctor to visit her and does her laundry. Vincent's only close friends are a pregnant Citizenship of Russia sex worker named Daka and his cat, Felix. Despite his aggressive attitude toward strangers, Vincent has acquaintances who admire and care about him.