Meet an intriguing cast of characters: a step-brother and step-sister who have a brief romantic liaison, a film-maker wannabe who performs blackmail at gunpoint in order to help get himself into film school, a masseur with a few secrets, a gay couple and their lesbian friends whose child one of the men may have fathered unknowingly, and a closeted gay drummer in a rock band who sleeps with a girl who then dumps him for his father. Mamie is a hardened character with solid dramatic moments. Frank is a man quietly recovering his life after his wife's death. Javier is a Mexican immigrant, while Nicky is a ruthless reprobate with artful aspirations. Otis is a clueless closeted rock band drummer. Jude is a bad girl who sometimes has a heart, but likes to keep it real.