Dave Slade faces a myriad of internal and external struggles in trying to figure out what's real or surreal. He encounters the threatening presence of Terranova, a huge woman who claims she's from the future, and he experiences terrible nightmares that illuminate this dilemma she presents to him along with a Mystery Woman. His Landlord, Mary Lee, is a positive presence who helps him waddle through the murky waters of his polluted mind as Old Man mysteriously guides him to his destiny.