After graduating from college, Will is set to work in video production for LA Weekly. When he shows up for his first day, however, his boss, Brian Bender tells Will that the position promised to him was lost due to downsizing. He is obligated to find another position quickly to make rent for the house he shares with his friends: Luke, Ethan, and Charlie. When he returns to his father, Roger Davis, for money, Roger reveals he recently lost his job as well.