Cold Storage, Alaska

Cold Storage is the hometown of Clive McCahon, who has just been released from a Washington State prison after serving a sentence for dealing drugs. His brother Miles, an army vet-turned-physician's assistant, still lives in the small fishing village with their aging mother. Clive heads home with a pile of money (which he is careful to point out is only what he personally earned) and a very large and willful dog. Unfortunately, his former boss in the drug business (who dabbles in screenwriting) is having cash-flow problems and sees the money as his. The arrival of these newcomers, along with a nosy, by-the-book state trooper, soon causes upheaval in Cold Storage. Clive's plan is to open a bar/church (the church part is to comply with a town ordinance that says the number of bars can't be more than the number of houses of worship). Most everyone is happy with this, but complications inevitably ensue.