In 1974, Connie is a White House stenographer who obtains the infamous 18½-minute gap in President Richard Nixon’s Watergate tapes. She wants to leak the tape to reporter Paul, which could bring down the Nixon Presidency. They meet up at in a secluded town, and their search for a working reel-to-reel player leads them to a bossanova-loving couple, a troupe of paranoid longhairs, a mysterious fisherman and Jack, the proprietor of a bayside motel. Once the tape starts playing, it’s clear that nefarious forces are also out to get it. Who will survive, and what are the real secrets behind the biggest scandal in US history?