It’s a sorry situation in an isolated trailer home in the desert of Boron , California . Luton Mears is obsessed with his turtles and Bonanza TV re-runs; his wife Patina is submerged in religion; and their grown daughter has moved back home and is on her way to establishing a bad reputation. This black comedy asks: Is there a substitute for the love of another human being, and if so, what is the price exacted?