Steven is spending the summer at the Jersey Shore. He's bummed that he'll be missing sleepaway camp but at least he gets to hang out with his best buddy Duke and the most beautiful girl in the world, Jackie. Things are different this summer though. A forest fire recently threatened the town and the adults are acting bizarrely - obsessing over writing strange conspiracy theories on their notepads. At the same time, Steven sees something at Duke's house which has him questioning his romantic ambitions, a delicate coquettish automaton. As Jackie's behavior becomes increasingly erratic and the towns-folk slip into near madness, Duke must balance his home-life with the strangeness of forces outside his control.
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