Noel Burun has total recall, while ironically, his mother Stella is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Three eccentric friends - the Byronesque Norval, "swoonworthy" Samira, and excitable JJ - all co-subjects with Noel in memory experiments conducted by Dr. Vorta, move in with the Buruns. That frees Noel, a pharmacologist turned alchemist, to concentrate on finding a cure for his mother.