With his audience taken
away by the pandemic,
Teddy now lives on a
river island in Vietnam.

As he ponders whether or not restarting his career would be worth the effort, he spends his time hellraising with his best
good comedian friend,
—trolling yogaclowns & masculinity influencers—
and fishing in a coconut swamp.

When Teddy meets a
blindingly beautiful woman,
he diverts his exile to follow
Charlotte Jaeger's work
to Greece, then to Egypt.

But gradually he sees that Charlotte might not be the
kind & gentle person 
she at first seemed.

When she makes jealous accusations based solely
on his social media,
Teddy breaks up with her.

And soon finds that the wrath
of the gods appears to be
aimed directly at him.

As Charlotte works at destroying
every aspect of Teddy’s
life in paradise
—& even any chance of his
returning to stand-up—
he struggles to figure out which sin
he's being disproportionately punished for.

And, helpless amid the vengeful destruction  of his own existence,
Teddy begins to suspect
that neither a king nor a
comedian can escape
the judgment
of the gods.

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