 Roger, a young man conflicted by the death of his friend, tries to outrace his inner demons by fantasizing himself as an Olympic swimmer. Roger s only hope is his psychologist Dr. Shealds, who slowly crumbles beneath the tremendous guilt he feels about the accidental drowning of his daughter. The two stories intertwine when, in a fit of mania, Roger destroys the psychologist s office and with it, the last memento Shealds has of his daughter. Shealds  mind dissolves in grief and he throws Roger out setting off a chain reaction of death and despair.