It's all for attention. When two killers start a serial rampage in the same small town, they are forced to compete for the same front page. In "Loons by the Creek," the pretentious Jason and sadistic Adria pile up bodies. Dive into the mind sets of these two killers and the variations of the traditional attention motive as they go slit neck and neck.
The quickest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. In "Chef," a small diner chef finds his life a disappointing slump of what he dreamed; the only thing that takes his mind out of the gutter is a good meal; however, is it worth the true cost? Read through a miserable man's psyche as he crumbles under his own self-pity but is given a corrupt option out.
In "Elevators," a man watches security footage of a stranger narrating his life. The stranger's life seems more fulfilling than the narrator's mundane existence as he begins to debate the value of insanity in life. Watch as the man in the elevator speaks on his experience with friendship, love, and obsession, and the damaged worldview he has earned.Â
What if no one remembered you? If you were to live your entire life without a single connection beyond the first day, "Rinse, Repeat" explores a dark turn on the repeating day. There is truly nothing worse than complete loneliness. It is enough to break any man to the point of suicide, but Buddy, the repeater, has no such luxury. As days repeat but he ages, he struggles to form any meaningful connection.
Hindsight is a ruthless narrator. It tends to blame when there is no chance to change and hurt where there is no chance to heal. In "Spotlight: Arizona," Jaden is forced to go back over her life as a rising star in desperate terror of fault for her friend's unbearable sorrow.