In a near-future Los Angeles, people are dying in droves—and most of society has learned to live with it.

Ryan has an idea for a short film. He discovers another writer, Steve, has filmed a similar concept. When the two meet, Steve is thrown by their uncanny resemblance. Opportunity and danger mix in this parable of parallel thinking.

I Am In Control follows a pair of couples as they spend the weekend together, with one duo opening the conversation by announcing that they have given up that most animal of human behaviors - defecation.