A woman is fascinated by her neighbor's strange evening ritual of slamming a metal saber into her balcony wall.

The friendship between two college students is based entirely on dislike and desperation - but also need. One has an eating disorder that she needs help overcoming, while the other desperately wants access to luxury and wealth. As they grow closer, secrets and lies threaten to ruin their relationship.

An overweight man from New York tries to get his girlfriend to marry him so that when he dies, she will receive his life insurance, but when the woman's ex comes around, the relationship begins to fall apart.