), safe. The 30-something lives alone in the suburbs of Philadelphia with her pug Mr. Linguini and rarely goes off script. She spends most of her waking hours crunching numbers as an accountant.
She sets two alarms: One tells her to stand up occasionally in the office so she won’t get blood clots and die; the other reminds her to tune into her favorite program,The game show and its Alex Trebek-style host Terry McTeer have been the most consistent parts of Anne’s life. In a zippy intro, major moments of the quiet woman’s existence — her parents getting divorced, her sister leaving home — unfold as she sits watching episodes of the show.