Joe Weldon lives a miserable life as an alcoholic cop and left-behind husband, somewhere in upstate New York. A dead man dragged out of Hudson River gives his life meaning again, when he tries to find out more about the case - the dead man is called "Hap" some lunatic living in the woods with the strange habit of waiting for someone on a bridge that spans Interstate 84. Weldon finds out that 2 persons were strongly connected to Hap: Vinnie who had Hap work for him and Freddy who harassed Hap.