Angela and her older sister Elizabeth are ecstatic to be out of the house and playing in the woods. They don't want to heed the warning of their overprotective father, Dan, that everything isn't as safe as it seems.
Angela Summer, now grown up, visits her dissertation adviser, Jenny Randall, hoping to quit the Philosophy program and move on with her life. But Jenny has other plans.
The lights come on in the television studio where Dr. Scott Jackson has been recording the latest episode of The Universe and the mysterious director is revealed.
Elizabeth reads a story that incites Angela to dream about her own powerful future, but not everyone agrees that the sisters should choose their own destinies.