three college graduates find themselves back home in new jersey stuck behind the counter of a pizza parlor and frustrated about their life's perspectives, while their friends move on, struggle to find a new direction for their lives. dennis feels overtaken by those he outstripped at high school while phil re-encounters an ex-girlfriend who is tony's sister he left behind. in the meantime, dealing with problems created by some money missing from the restaurant, the trio begin meeting old acquaintances and trying to pull themselves up and reorganise their plans for the future.