On the backdrop of America’s crumbling socio- political landscape, a derelict woman, Gywnnie Vail, is pulled over for a routine traffic stop by a rural Idaho deputy on the state border. Unaware of the Idaho State Laws, she is asked to pee in a cup to prove that she is not pregnant in order to prevent the loss of life and prevent abortions from neighboring states. Nervous and reticent, Gwynnie steps out of the vehicle when she is then sensually frisked by the officer.  While the cop is distracted by a dead body in the passenger seat, Gwynnie comes down with an apathetic creed against her prosecutor and escapes his clutch while a dash- camera captures her actions and leaves her running from getting caught.

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Fleeing to the closest sanctuary, Gwynnie finds a once-adored cabin that harbors the ghosts of faded family memories. Thinking all is safe, her hide-out is quickly interrupted when estranged sisters, Summer and Autumn arrive for their own escape, smuggling mifepristone over from the Oregon border, giving Summer the opportunity to abort her young and unexpected pregnancy and leave no trace for her conservative and deeply religious father.

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As the sisters defame their awkward estrangement, Gwynnie grows less hostile and instead obsessed with Autumn in particular, who harbors self-toxic inferiority behaviors and niceties that prohibit her from escaping her own pain and past oppressions. She has found a new victim. Not to kill, like the others, but to toy with and shape, to help her unearth the tragedies of the oppressive society around her. Someone to learn from. Someone to show her how hurting oneself can lead to love and the sacrifice proves worthy of a life beyond. Keeping her prior whereabouts a secret, Gwynnie devises a plan to pose as a runaway domestic violence victim of the nearby town, drawing her closer to Autumn manipulating her and the unexpected debate team, a group of sheltered highschool kids who invite themselves to the girls’ father’s cabin for a bender by way of Summer.

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Tensions rise when ideologies collide. Debates break out about the ideologies of modern politics, women’s rights and the oppression of women and their right to have a choice and voice. These “talks” become tangible when the mega-bro Dave sexually harasses Summer and finds her abortion bills, crushing them in the garbage disposal. Meanwhile, Autumn confesses to Gwynnie of her own prior teen pregnancy and the effects the abortion has had on her family and emotional state. Garnering encouragement and confidence from Gwynnie to come into her own, Autumn, protective of her younger sister, and sick of the oppression repeating itself through the next generation, threatens the boys with violence to defend her and her sister against the emotional abuse. However, Gwynnie beats her to the punch and is carried away down the murderous rabbit hole she hailed.

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Shocked and scared for their life, the girls are ultimately held against their will and forced to face the persecution they serve on each other and themselves.  A torturous tea party leaves Summer and Autumn with a choice- life or death- but first, they must find the choice within themselves. Gwynnie shows Autumn her own self worth and the meaninglessness of life, as does Autumn to Gwynnie. As the tables turn on the protagonists, both transform into the opposite of themselves and gain the confidence to become the filler of their own downfalls. Gwynnie admits to years of solitary confinement in a state institution due to the murdering of her bullies when she was a child, proving that facing her trauma, reveals her own truth about life.

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As the story climaxes, Autumn is confronted with her lingering past and impulsively rewrites her history by killing her father who comes to save Summer. She may have outgrown her trauma, but the persecution persists. In the end, left with a choice to face their oppression or leave it behind, Autumn, Summer, and Gwynnie ride off together, each a foil for the other,  overcoming the life that had enveloped them. The last frame leaves the story with a question of reliance and control as one of the remaining debate team members cries for help, despite criticism faced upon the women the entire film.