Christian hitchhikes on a dark highway in Minnesota, waiting near the last exit before a seeming black hole. On the other side of the road, a woman carrying a sign saying "Alaska" hitchhikes in the opposite direction. When Christian crosses the road, reality shifts like a kaleidoscope. Is he a fugitive? Has he run over his stepfather with the man's own car? Is he a community college dropout? Is the woman his mother or Medea? And is the man who arrives...