 When a scion of LA industry dies in the arms of a prostitute who won t hand him his heart tablets, his three squabbling adult children head for a weekend at the family s remote, high-desert cabin to sort out the estate. Ethan, the ambitious, cruel eldest brings his mousy wife Jackie. The ne er-do-well brother Dennis, with an alcoholic past and big gambling debts, brings his new girlfriend, Zoey. The youngest, Audrey, seems detached. At a rural gas station, Dennis rescues a woman from an abusive boyfriend, and he invites her to stay with them. She s Nichol, and she looks vaguely familiar. Who s aligned with whom in the struggle for money and control? Who s weak, who s strong?