Jeff explains how he is struggling to find his destiny in life, while Pat admits he wants to fall in love with Linda again and for her to do the same with him. Frustrated, she leaves, saying she will move in with her mother. Linda quickly ushers Steve out and then confronts Pat about his role in their problems. The man is a co-worker of hers named Steve (Zissis). Jeff sees a truck reading "Kevin Kandy" and runs off to hitch a ride, only to end up at the same hotel where Pat has found Linda in a room with another man. The brothers also visit their father's gravesite and fight over their conflicting life philosophies. Jeff and Pat spend several hours following them, first to a restaurant and later to a hotel, with Pat's new Porsche being ticketed, crashed and eventually towed away at various points in the journey.
Pat's wife Linda (Greer) is spotted at a gas station across the street with another man. He happens upon a Hooters restaurant where he crosses paths with his older brother Pat (Helms), a successful yuppie struggling with a failing marriage. Jeff agrees to smoke weed with Kevin, but discovers he has been tricked when he is beaten and mugged. He follows Kevin (Ross) to a basketball court, where he joins a pick-up game and the two bond. Receiving a call from his irritated mother asking him to buy wood glue to fix a door shutter or find a new place to live, Jeff boards a bus, where he sees a kid wearing a sports jersey bearing the name Kevin. One day, he answers the telephone it's a wrong number, from somebody asking for "Kevin," and Jeff contemplates the meaning of this, deciding it's a sign. He finds inspiration in the feature film Signs, which reinforces his belief in this outlook. He looks for his destiny in seemingly random occurrences. Jeff (Segel) is a 30-year-old unemployed stoner living in his mother Sharon's (Sarandon) basement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.