A day in the life of Ben Butley. Anne, his estranged wife has chosen to tell him she is leaving him for a man Butley despises, and Joey, whose close friendship Ben is losing, maybe forever? Will Butley, the bitter misanthropist, the unrepentant alcoholic, the teacher who bullies his students, his friends, and his colleagues, in other words, the self-destructive nihilist, survive this horrible day?