After being hit by a car on the street, Katherine lies in a coma at the hospital. Her parents, Eugene and Sheryl, are total wrecks, especially because they haven't spoken to Katherine in years. In walks Dr. Dudley Allen, Katherine's somewhat offbeat lover, who fills them in on all sorts of new and surprising, sordid details about Katherine, including the fact that he injected Katherine with a serum that may have turned their darling daughter into a flesh-craving monster.