A teenage boy bonds with his 12-year-old cousin when things start looking up for his love life. But what comes up must come down, endangering the cousins’ lifelong friendship.

A depressed woman drives her friends and therapist crazy, going ceaselessly on about the childhood trauma she incurred during her parents’ divorce settlings.

A newly discharged veteran from World War II is finally on a train back home and anticipates his return to mundane life, even if he carries the burdens of war. Elsewhere across the ocean, Hitler anticipates his return to power.