On a cold autumn night, a self-proclaimed playboy and his shifty friend take a ride-share they'll never forget. The two encounter a gregarious ride-share driver, an unusually long red light, and a sexual partner with a trick up her sleeve.

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.