Spoonful of Sugar plot
Millicent is working on her thesis on children with severe allergies as she takes care of little Johnny, a stupid child who suffers from every allergy. His mother, an accomplished writer, is working on her latest book and Johnny's father Jacob spends his days working on a carpentry project. Lacking a family of her own and escaping the eerie arrangement she has with a father figure, Millicent interferes with the dysfunctional family life. She forms a disturbing bond with Johnny, has an affair with Jacob, and increasingly freely uses the LSD she takes in small doses as part of a therapeutic regimen. As Johnny's behavior becomes increasingly violent and Millicent's hallucinations increase, her world begins to fall into chaos.