In a series of flashbacks, Scott and Robinson relive how they first met. Back in present-day San Francisco, Scott has been hospitalized after a failed suicide attempt. He is recalling for the psychiatrist, Dr. Akivic, how he and Robinson collided, literally and figuratively, in their first days of training for the CIA. Later, the doctor interviews Robinson who recalls the same series of events from his point of view. Each of them tells of working on a training exercise with a third agent, Wally. They broke into headquarters and discovered something in Dr. Akivic's office that none of them has the capacity to remember. Back in present day, the sight of the statue of Rodin's "The Thinker" triggers some disturbing memories and some radical responses.