Bertram Pincus is a charmless, miserablist Brit abroad, misanthropically working as a dentist in New York City. Saved from the jaws of death during routine surgery Pincus finds himself able to see and speak to the dead, a skill not lost on the lost in limbo spirit community of Manhattan who flock to him in droves, especially Frank, who pushes Pinkus into action with a heartfelt plea to stop his widow from an ill-advised remarriage. What chance does the emotionally and socially stunted dentist ha find out more...