

Ahriman establishes control, sending patients almost instantly into a detached state of consciousness by stating a name and then reading them a haiku. The doctor has also programmed Skeet, causing his inability to fully recover from drug use and distorted thinking. Ahriman orders Susan to commit suicide by slitting her wrists after discovering that she videotaped him having sex with her. Ahriman, a sexual psychopath who drugs and indoctrinates his patients, then repeatedly rapes them or orders them to commit murders or suicide for his amusement.

The couple eventually discovers that they have both been progressively brainwashed and programmed to obey Dr.

Strange things start to happen to both Dusty and Martie, involving Skeet, Martie's autophobia, and hypnotism. When Dusty leaves Skeet at the rehab center, he notices a shadow lurking in the window of his brother's room. Later, her condition worsens, and soon she becomes afraid of pointed objects, although she is actually afraid of the harm she might cause with them. Martie suddenly develops a mysterious case of autophobia and returns home to find herself frightened by her own reflection. Dusty falls off the roof while saving Skeet and decides to take his brother back to rehab. Skeet, who had been in drug rehabilitation previously, gets high again and attempts suicide by jumping off a roof.

Martie's husband, Dusty, tries to help his brother Skeet by providing employment in his painting business. Martie Rhodes helps her friend Susan Jagger, who suffers from agoraphobia, attend visits to psychologist Dr.
