Disgraced astrophysicist Theodore Moody, PhD, is a bottle away from losing his dead mom's home when, finally, he's offered a job. Charlie Esparza, Teddy's childhood friend and the showrunner to the hit TV show Dead Planet, needs a science advisor to explain interdimensional travel to her screwball writing team. Is this Teddy's big break? Or is he heading for a break-down?