 Steven Karp is entering his Freshmen year of college. His roommates, Ron, Lloyd, and Marshall decided that in order to get noticed by girls on campus, they are going to throw a party. The party is pretty successful, and Steven is having a good time, until his Father, Hal, unexpectedly shows up. After Hal gives Steven the bad news that he s divorcing Steven s mother, he joins the party. Lizzie, a girl who lives on Steven s floor, had just gotten into a big fight with her boyfriend, Eric, and finds Steven in his room crying about the info Hal just gave him. She suggests that they have sex "for fun". The next morning Steven wakes up to find Lizzie missing and his Father in her place.