Stuck repeating the same pattern of mistakes again and again, Andrew Egan reluctantly accepts a teaching job to support his floundering, stand-up comedy career. As an increasingly anxious Andrew grows accustomed to the droll institution and its occupants he suspects that one of the students may be his downfall and that the previous teacher may not have left of his own accord. His life slowly unraveling, Andrew's lessons fall on deaf ears and he soon becomes part of a larger cosmic joke.

Cigarette smoke fills the space between Erica and her Da as she prepares for another meeting with her caseworker. Her hope jar is rattled in the dole office, but two seven-year-olds manage to help her piece it back together.