THE LAST SHIFT begins with Stanley, a sixtysomething white man working hard on the graveyard shift at a local fast-food restaurant called Oscar’s Chicken and Fish in Albion, Michigan. Meanwhile, Jevon, a young black man, meets with his parole officer about getting work. He says he’s planning to train at Oscar’s. Jevon needs the job to comply with his parole but also take care of his toddler son and appease his son’s mother. When Jevon shows up for training, the unlikely duo form a camaraderie that makes them think about where they are in their lives. Their differences eventually divide them, however.