Amanda and Jake are in love and want to start a new life together in Los Angeles. Amanda comes from an upper-middle class family, just graduated from college, and has some pressure to find the right job and succeed in her career. Jake is rough around the edges, without a degree, and some, including Amandas family, see him as a slacker. In the City of Angels, nothing happens as planned for the young couple as they face the realities of adulthood.