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Delbert ‘Dale’ Stephens gets one annual break from his mind-numbing, soul-crushing job: a three-day escape to the IPA (Insurance Professionals Association) Conference in sunny Orlando, Florida. Dale made sure to top his little vacation ‘cake’ with some extra ‘icing’ this year and really tied one on at the Conference Center bar on his last night. Now, Dale awakens to a throbbing hangover, a spotty memory of the night before, and a more perplexing sight on his hotel room floor: a pair of black lace panties and a crumpled black one-piece dress. Nursing the headache of the century, Dale gathers his luggage and makes his way to the airport, only to discover that his pre-printed return flight tickets are invalid at the TSA gate. A glitch in the system or some such. Dale catches a later flight and finally gets back to his hometown airport. Before Dale can even make it through the front door of his apartment, two more strange incidents: The cabbie swears he dropped someone off earlier in the day, at the same apartment building, that looked eerily similar to Dale – and the maintenance man gives Dale a receipt for making Dale a spare key… except Dale didn’t ask for a spare key! Dale retires to his apartment where he receives a call from his ex-wife. She berates him for showing up at their son’s school unannounced, a no-no according to their parenting agreement. Dale is mystified as he hasn’t visited the school today. Dale ends the call and catches a much-needed nap on the couch. Later that evening, Dale is awakened by a knock on the door. At the door is Detective Beck, an older and experienced law enforcement officer. He informs Dale that, earlier in the day, a man exactly matching Dale’s description, provided a car lot with a driver’s license and took a car for a test drive… but never brought the car back! Dale convinces the Detective that he was still in Orlando when the car was stolen and the Detective leaves. The next day, Dale has settled into the grind of his day job. A co-worker stops by Dale’s office and compliments him on purchasing a flashy new car (which Dale didn’t buy). In the middle of trying to figure out why the co-worker would think he has a new car; Dale receives a phone call from a Metro police sergeant demanding he return to his apartment building ASAP. Dale arrives at the Apartments to encounter Detective Beck once again. It seems the Apartment Manager is telling the police that Dale had just left the property after threatening her life. Dale denies it, but Detective Beck informs him that Dale will have to temporarily stay at a hotel until a judge can sort out the complaint. Dale returns to work to be confronted by an angry Insurance CEO furious that Dale had forced his way into the CEO’s office and defecated on the floor! Before Dale can protest, he’s fired and sent packing. Licking his wounds while driving to rent a hotel, Dale encounters a flashy muscle car in traffic – DRIVEN BY A GUY THAT COULD BE DALE’S TWIN! Dale gives chase through the crowded city streets until the two cars crash into each other and the ‘twin’ escapes on foot. Dale visits the Metro Police station where he speaks to Detective Beck. Beck seems confused by some of the events that Dale describes, and interjects with a new situation of his own: a surveillance video from a strip bar that shows Dale assaulting a female bar tender. Luckily for Dale, the bartender has legal issues of her own and hasn’t yet filed an official complaint with the police, so Dale is free to go for now. Dale leaves the police station only to have Detective Beck drive up to him on the street. Beck is concerned that Dale’s ‘twin’, after targeting Dale’s home and job, may now go after Dale’s son. Detective Beck drives Dale to the elementary school where the pair discover that the ‘twin’ is already there, walking away with the child. Dale tackles him, but the ‘twin’ wiggles free when a male Coach tries to break up the ‘fight.’ The ‘twin’ runs away on foot and Dale gives chase. A foot chase ensues on the city streets. The chase crescendos on the top level of a parking structure where Dale holds the ‘twin’ at gun point. Detective Beck arrives and confronts the ‘twin.’ In this brain-twisting climax, Dale learns that neither the ‘twin’ nor Detective Beck are what they seem, AND that Dale himself is no longer in control of what happens next!