Robert Worthington believes himself to be a successful business- and family-man and yet is consumed by a growing sense of despair. Snowed in for the evening by the same storm that threatens Julie, his family avoids him—except for his youngest son, Michael, a high school senior. Despite the father's repeated deflections, the son attempts to connect by posing one innocuous question. Answering honestly, however, requires that the father challenge his vested winner-deserves-all philosophy. Is he capable of comprehending his own guilt?