Soon after Thom starts operating as an illegal taxi driver in New York City, Claire hires him to drive her to California after her estranged father suffers a heart attack.After getting turned down for a job, Thom finds his landlord throwing all of his belongings into the hallway. With no job prospects and no place to sleep, he turns to driving his illegal taxicab around the streets of New York. Fortunately for him, Claire Barrow isn\'t having a good day, either. Her husband is flirting with his secretaryand her estranged father has suffered a heart attack in California. In a frenzy, she hails what she assumes to be a cab. What she gets instead ... is Thom. With her life in ruins, Claire decides to pay Thom to drive her out to California and he reluctantly agrees. The path across America takes more than the usual detours and that forces them to choose between the lives they\'ve left behind, and the possibilities glimpsed along their journey.Thom Colvin (Sam Jaeger, Parenthood) isn\'t having a good day. After getting shot down by a photography agency, he comes home to find his landlord evicting him. Claire Barrow (Amber Jaeger) isn\'t having a good day, either. She\'s found her husband flirting with his new secretary, and discovered her estranged father has suffered a heart attack. Little does Thom know that when this attractive, frenzied lady hops into his NYC cab and says \'take me to California,\' that their journey winding across America will become the adventure, and possibly comic misadventure of their lifetimes.