影片中追求金錢,學歷低仍期望有一番作為的Louis Bloom,在一次偶然公路車禍中,看到特約記者抓著攝影機拍取現場,對他來說那是一份向上追求金錢地位的工作,那些掙扎著的受害者只是件物體,不放任何情感。"What if my problem wasn't that I don't understand people but that I don't like them? "
Joy: [voiceover] It was amazing! Just Riley and me, forever.
Joy: [voiceover] Um, for thirty-three seconds.
Sadness: I'm Sadness.
Sadness: Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems.
Anger: [after Joy and Sadness are ejected] Can I use that swear word now?