Annalee (Stef Dawson) is an academic ghostwriter. A freelance cheat working in the shadows of a college campus. Or rather, she was, until Sigurd (Penn Badgley) books her for the entire semester. He's subcontracting his entire graduate degree.

She has reservations, but he's paying double. Besides, she can't resist the challenge. "Admit it... You ever try to lift an entire degree?"

Annalee and Sigurd become lovers. But things turn sour: "It's been all Simpsons and dirty sex." She can't end the romantic relationship without ending the business one. Secrets start to spill. Then she learns Sigurd has been recording their meetings!

When he refuses explain, Annalee rats him out to Professor Kane (Richard Kind). Instead of the swift justice she envisioned, however, Kane has his own idea of what should happen next. Call it extortion, call it blackmail. Whatever you call it, the ugliness is just beginning...