Oddball drama set in the 1950s in the small town of Peacock, Nebraska. Meek bank clerk John Skillpa (Murphy) is living quietly until the caboose of a derailed train lands in his backyard. When the locals survey the accident, they notice a young woman running into the house and assume it's John's previously unseen wife. Actually, it's the disturbed John's alter ego Emma and the accident leads the personalities to start clashing.