Documentary filmmaker Erik and closeted lawyer Paul meet through a casual encounter, but they find a deeper connection and become a couple. Individually and together, they are risk takers — compulsive, and fueled by drugs and sex. In an almost decade-long relationship defined by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries and dignity and to be true to himself.

Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Tom blames Perri for the accident and their relationship becomes strained as Tom's fixation with finding and punishing the culprit consumes his life. Perri can't understand Tom's thirst for vengeance and she grows distant from him. When Tom disappears, she falls into an affair with her scheming colleague. Events spin out of control as death, sex and cynicism take their toll on Tom and Perri's seemingly idyllic life. But why should infidelity, hypocrisy and murder ruin a perfectly good relationship?