A mother witnesses her increasingly distant husband become obsessed with nearby wildlife and acquire bird-like behaviors.

After the death of his wife, a professor returns to New York to attend to neglected affairs but finds that he cannot remember anything or keep track of any of his belongings.

A woman's chronic illness stirs up long-suppressed conflict within her family. As she helplessly listens to her husband and brother-in-law argue about the best treatments, she wishes she could be there to defend her troubled husband.