Olivia Howell is a modern day woman – brilliant, educated, funny, but with a secret. Turns out this 27-year-old graduate student thinks her sexual ambivalence might actually be a sign that she is – asexual. Content not to deal with this, her world is turned upside down when her best friend and roommate announces he is gay! Olivia realizes she must confront her issues about her own sexual identity. With the encouragement of her friends and the help of the digital age, Olivia embarks on a quest of exploration to understand the most basic of human mysteries: sex. But is she ready for the results of The Olivia Experiment?