The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.
比尔(布鲁斯·威利斯 Bruce Willis 饰)是一名心理医生,这个特殊的职业让他接触过许多精神抑郁生活压抑的病人,他们的压力在无形之中也转嫁到了比尔的身上,终于,当病人蜜雪儿(Kathleen Wilhoite 饰)在比尔眼前坠楼身亡后,比尔意识到,休息的时间到了。
沮丧的比尔决定去找老友鲍勃(斯科特·巴库拉 Scott Bakula 饰)叙叙旧,不幸的是,在两人见面后没多久,鲍勃便被某个凶徒残忍的谋杀了,丝状可怖。为了查明老友死亡的真相,比尔展开了缜密的调查,在此过程中,一个名叫罗丝(珍·玛奇 Jane March 饰)的神秘女子浮出了水面,然而比尔不知道的是,当他逐步接近真相的同时,危险也在接近着他。
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