In dire need of a change, Michael heads into the Bed, Bath & Beyond in search of a universal remote control to handle all the electronic equipment in the house. There he meets Morty (an overly reined-in Christopher Walken) who’s the mind beyond the remote. He explains to Michael that it’s a remote that can speed up, pause, rewinds and subtitle everyday life. The user has the power to mute, fast-forward and skip entire chapters.

Morty breaks down all the options and thanks to him, Michael can now use “MeVo” to fast-forward his wife’s chattering. He even fast-forwards the warm-up to sex and guns right for it, as he’d rather save his energy for work since his boss, Ammer (David Hasslehoff), is very unappreciative. Michael also doesn’t like it when his kids are irritating, so he skips through that too. Lets not forget about dinner with the parents (Henry Winkler and Julie Kavnre), it gets deleted.

This all feels very utopia but slowly becomes more of a curse than a blessing and the development is no weaker because of its predictability. Eventually, he loses control and the remote starts automatically skipping through his life. He even manages to get seduced by the devilish doohickey and starts fast-fowarding thorugh days, weeks and then months of his life to avoid martial spats, painful dinners and projects at home.