查理瑟伯是格雷大学的一位英语教授。今年他正争取获得终身职位,但最近目睹了好朋友、人类学教授杰伊申请终身职位受挫后,他也开始担心了。当英语系招募了一位性格的金发耶鲁英语教授后,查理变得更加担心了。At a Pennsylvania college, Charlie Thurber is a good teacher without publications. His tenure review is in three months, and he's trying to get an article in print. Out of the blue, the dean announces that a new assistant professor will join them, a scholarly young woman from Yale. Charlie now faces competition. His best friend Jay, an anthropologist looking for Sasquatch, urges Charlie to declare war on the new colleague. He gives in to his better judgment and goes along. Meanwhile, his father hates the local assisted living facility where he lives, Charlie tries to connect with a woman he sees on television, and one of his students makes a pass. Is tenure in the works?