A middle-aged media executive who despises his corporate job and unhappy marriage. After developing fantasies about his daughter's friend, he quits his role, blackmails his boss for a severance, works as a fast-food cook, buys a muscle car, and begins exercising. He bonds with neighbor Ricky over marijuana, discovers his wife's affair, comforts Colonel Fitts, and attempts intimacy with Angela before being shot in his home. He narrates the story, expressing gratitude and finding final peace and beauty despite his murder.
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