Sailor and Lula are lovers the majority of the film.

Sailor is disliked by Lula’s mother who hires a man to kill him. Sailor kills the man in self defense but winds up spending 22 months in prison. After his release, the two embark on a road trip across the southern United States. But Lula’s mother is determined to get rid of Sailor. At first, she sends private detective Johnnie Farragut, “mama told me he could find an honest man in Washington “wow!” After them. Then, more shady characters. What will happen to these two lovers? The answer lies in this fantastic film. It’s a love story, a crime film, it’s got all the bizarreness we love from David Lynch and David Lynch’s very big heart shows in this film. P.s. it’s also filled with references to the "Wizard of Oz"