In contemporary Miami, a psychiatrist named Barbara sees her patient, a police sniper named Keith, who was just involved in a hostage crisis. Keith explains the hostage crisis to Barbara: a disgruntled employee named Guinness shot his boss and took nine hostages. Keith was set up to snipe 60 yards away undetected. Through his scope, he could see a beautiful brown haired woman hostage, whom he obsessed about. After the hostages were released unharmed when Guinness killed himself, Keith introduced himself to the woman, who introduced herself to him as April. Days later, Keith went to April's house unannounced to see her. Keith and April began to date. As they began to date, Keith's confidence in his abilities and purpose as a sniper wavered; Keith began to see his targets sympathetically. April moved in with Keith and introduced him to an older friend named Cory, who, like Keith, served in the military in Iraq. While Keith was a sniper, Cory was infantry. Keith explains to the psychiatrist that Cory was very defensive of April and antagonistic toward him during a double date. April's grandmother died, and April lashed out at Keith for not being able to know how loss feels like as a professional killer. They broke up. The breakup affected Keith's work performance. He explains that yesterday, during an operation, he shot a target's gun rather than his head, despite receiving a green light to shoot to kill. The psychiatrist Barbara recommends that they meet two or three times a week while he is suspended.