西尔维·皮尔森认为，当她遇到彼得·沃克时，她的梦想实现了。他是善良和爱和西尔维娅很快搬进了他。然后她怀孕了。但西尔维天生患有一种罕见的精神疾病，她的母亲试图劝她不要生下这个孩子。西尔维不顾医嘱，生下了女儿凯莉。由于彼得大部分时间都在出差，西尔维和凯莉就一直单独在一起。西尔维和她心爱的婴儿分不开。后来有一天晚上，她的梦想…

After the body of murdered woman is found, nude and handcuffed, floating down the Hudson River in New York, a string of murders occur by an unseen serial killer who kills men by handcuffing them before killing them. Mac, a TV talk-show host, and Larry, a police detective, team up to try to find the killer and seek help…