A stroke survivor battles to regain his speech - while battling his own inner demons.

An ageing actor making his debut as director and playwright for a small local theatre is doing a new adaptation of a now popular book. We enter into a rehearsal session with him and the lead actress where his vision for the play is questioned by a stage critic.

Having invited a date over for dinner, James struggles to hide from her the monster that has been haunting him for weeks.

Something's got a hold of Jack, and it's killing his work-life balance. He's hours away from losing the last good thing he has, but can he take back control?