As Melbourne celebrates New Year 2101, trainee doorkeeper, Emma, 71, lies sleepless and alone. Her lover Cal is trapped in a prison cell for illegal importation of foodstuffs, forcing a postponement of their planned partnership ceremony.<br /><br />Emma suspects that Cal&rsquo;s sister-in-law Sonya is behind his arrest. An early promotion to fully-trained doorkeeper provides her with opportunities to dig deeper into the case, but sinister discoveries soon take precedence when Emma&rsquo;s scheming superior, Colin Theobald, endorses one brutal assignment after another.<br /><br />Caught between her desire to work covertly for political transformation while maintaining the fa&ccedil;ade of a diligent doorkeeper and undertaking &ldquo;unofficial duties&rdquo; for Colin Theobald, how long can Emma last in the threatening atmosphere of Melbourne City Productive Citizens Bureau?