Griffon Keyes (Kevin James) surprises his girlfriend Stephanie (Leslie Bibb) with a message in a bottle asking her to marry him.  She rejects him on the basis of his career choice, being a zookeeper for the Franklin Park Zoo.  Five years later, he hasn’t shaken off what happened between them until he sees her again at a party. He knows in order to win her back he’ll need to quit his job.  The animals at the zoo learn that he would consider quitting his job if it came down to it.