Female Anchor
Tudo começa com uma visão científica. Cientistas levantam uma possibilidade, que poderá ser o fim de toda a raça humana, quando uma poderosa força do universo tem a chance de ser liberada. Isso tudo causa certo alvoroço, mas ainda está longe da realidade para alguns. Porém, quando essa possibilidade se torna cada vez mais palpável e a realidade desse desastre se aproxima, o pânico toma conta e agora a humanidade poderá estar com seus dias contados.
Helen
Nat drives on the interstate with his two young daughters in the back seats, when a car drives by and an unknown guy shoots one of his daughters dead for no reason. Nat's life is shattered. He becomes obsessed with finding the killers, assaults two men, kills one, goes to jail, is left by his wife, grows old estranged from his other daughter. We see the action first through Nat's eyes, then via Brautigan, the cop in charge of the investigation, and finally from the perspective of the remaining daughter Margo. The deconstructed narrative echoes the chaos within Nat and emphasizes the fact that the characters are out of tune with one another, which is the meaning of the original title.
