When his amputated leg is discovered in a grill sold at a North Carolina auction, John Wood finds himself at the center of a worldwide media frenzy. He's quickly swept up in the hysteria as the leg's enterprising buyer, Shannon Whisnant, then sues to regain its custody. But the ensuing stranger-than-fiction chain of events soon fuels John’s drug addiction, strains Shannon’s marriage, and shakes up the lives of their friends and families. But another twist in these fantastical occurrences gives the men one more shot at pulling themselves together.