This is the tale of a cynical Lodger who is at a point where he has begun to write something for the ages, something that every man and woman can relate to, but first he has to put up with his nagging Landlord nicknamed the Captain as well as his drug obsessed next door neighbour. On top of all of this he has to find a way to suffer through his lacking attempt at finding a job and distil his nagging drink problem. Yet a brief romance begins with the waitress who works opposite the Pontiac Hotel where the Lodger resides, with pressing issues piling on top of one another in a continuous fashion, can the lodger survive to see he become successful? Or perhaps escape the dreaded hotel where all of its patrons hide sinister pasts and dark secrets?