Virgil Bliss (Clint Jordan) is a mild-mannered Southerner and career criminal who is released from prison and sent to a half way house in Brooklyn. Upon his release, he becomes obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. However, Virgil meets Manny Alvarez (Anthony Gorman), a fiery troublemaker who introduces Virgil to Ruby (Kirsten Russell), an opportunistic junkie and prostitute, and Virgil falls instantly in love....