Ted Beckerwith, a middle-class suburban father of two-and a toilet designer for NASA - is in trouble. His credit cards are maxed out and his family needs braces, a computer and shopping dollars. In his desperation Ted agrees to assume another identity and marry a "Suderian" Princess for her green card, but his new bride quickly turns his world upside down making it impossible to keep his two worlds separate, or straight. When the Princess is arrested Ted faces an ultimate choice, to save himself, or her from deportation.