After his girlfriend moves out, writer Jonathan Ames places an ad offering his services as an unlicensed private detective.

While trying to win back Suzanne, Jonathan is hired to follow a man and discover if he has been unfaithful.

A filmmaker is interested in having Jonathan rewrite a screenplay; George runs into his ex-wife and her new husband.

Jonathan falls for his latest client; Ray agrees to help a lesbian couple start a new family; George hopes to woo a young publicist at a restaurant opening.

A Russian parolee hires Jonathan to track down a singer; George decides to get in touch with his feminine side.

Jonathan, accompanied by George and Ray, is hired by a married man to retrieve a damaging sex tape from a beautiful escort.