此片主要探讨Joe Swanberg另一个热衷的主题：现代科技带来的新鲜沟通模式。电影以大特写交叉呈现几位年轻男生的日常生活，看他们拿着电话倾谈和发短信，在互联网上发电邮和用即时聊天工具对话，整天对这电脑迷头昏脑，身旁的女友被冷落，那些不懂电脑的人简直要被歧视，片中又加插了多段以各种古怪人声拼贴和looping制成的短曲，在惹笑之余也像在展示科技所容许的无限可能性。

偏僻平静的小镇，人们各有各的烦恼。沉湎于酒精的憔悴女人莎拉（艾米·西米茨 Amy Seimetz 饰），在某戒酒社团内结识了风趣幽默的凯文（乔·斯万博格 Joe Swanberg 饰），仿佛是被新生活所吸引。她开始频频与凯文接触，两人最终坠入情网。
与此同时，在另一座城市的监狱中，恐怖的连环杀手盖瑞克·特内尔（A J·博文 AJ Bowen 饰）越狱逃亡，他一路上大开杀戒，只为躲避警察的追捕。而让这个恐怖恶魔如此疯狂的，正是他那身心俱疲的前女友——如今早已改头换面准备拥抱新生活的莎拉。有如猎犬一般，盖瑞克嗅到了莎拉的踪迹。他带着血腥气息一路前来，再次侵入那个饱受惊吓的女人的梦中……

After moving to Chicago for art school, Sam (Nathan Adloff) begins turning tricks to help pay the bills. His longtime, long-distance boyfriend Aaron (Taylor Reed) can't stand to be apart and joins him, determined to find enough work so that Sam can give up having sex for money.
When the two decide to tie the knot and move to a state where they can marry, their financial worries intensify... until Aaron spies on Sam with a prominent client (played by acclaimed indie filmmaker Joe Swanberg), and everything takes a wicked turn.

The story of two people caught in the routines of work and circles of friends. The days begin with an alarm and end with the fading sound of a television. Ron Hogan, a 28-year-old ATM parts purchaser, and Stacy Ryan, a 27-year-old, oddly charming courier, meet through a matchmaking Internet service and go through the routine of falling for one another.