Jack Sholl

Pop's Diner Jack Sholl

Robbie Armstrong has been fired from his hi-tech executive position, his wife has left him for good and he's lost all his severance and savings in a supposedly foolproof stock scheme. Robbie buys a bus ticket to anywhere with the money he's got left and ends up in a small town in Iowa, where he encounters Katie Johnson, 28, who's lost her top corporate marketing job and now works as a waitress at McBurger Palace. Robbie gets a job washing dishes at Pop's Diner, which has seen better days and is about to go under. Katie quits her job at fast-food McBurger Palace and joins Robbie help elderly Mom and Pop save the family diner. Robbie and Kate make a spectacular business comeback sticking to traditional American values, proving money isn't everything. In the span of a few rough days, Robbie Armstrong finds just how easy it is to lose everything: an executive position at a top company, a beautiful wife and every cent of his savings. But soon he finds out that the few dollars in his pocket is all he needs for his fresh start far away from the big city, where the friendly locals, a dying business and one special woman help him get his life back on track.