Greetings again from the darkness. No, this has nothing to do with gambling, legalized prostitution, or stifling heat ... although things do get pretty steamy between the sheets for Zoe and Eli. Stop-motion animation from Emily Ann Hoffman is used to its full and unflinching extent in this little story of a situation that likely occurs more often than we'd care to think about.

Their romantic B&B getaway comes to a screeching halt when they experience a birth control mishap. After a straight-forward conversation, a quick trip to the local drug store results in the purchase of Plan B, an emergency contraceptive. The initial anxiety gives way to further intimacy as the drug's timeframe is taken into consideration.

Zoe (voiced by Chet Siegel) and Eli (Jonathan Randell Silver) are pleasant and normal enough. We all likely know folks just like them. As the couple maneuvers the real world decisions required of the situation, filmmaker Hoffman never backs away from how an actual couple might (and probably has) reacted. With some comedic touches - including an overly sexy voiceover by Ronald Alexander Peet - the film deftly and effectively presents real people in a real pickle ... well, as real as stop-motion animation can be!

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