Albert Finney, an hard drinking, hard-smoking screenwriter is haunted by the lines of dialogue he's writing for others.

Daniel Feeld's life is still unravelling. Daniel wakes up in hospital where he was taken following his collapse in a Soho karaoke bar.

Daniel Feeld is reassured that life is not imitating his script, despite the existence of a real 'Pig' Mailion.

When Daniel learns that he has only eight weeks to live, the death sentence galvanizes him to take fate into his own hands.