Scott is losing weight at a furious pace. His corpulent appearance still doesn't change. And even more sinister: When he steps on the scale, it always shows the same weight, no matter how much he is currently wearing, whether clothes or even dumbbells. Scott is afraid he'll be made a medical guinea pig. But he has to tell someone. He trusts Dr. Ellis, but even he doesn't know what to do. In his nice residential neighborhood in the small town of Castle Rock, Scott gets into an escalating small war. The dog of the new neighbors - two lesbians - is constantly doing its business in his front yard. One woman is actually quite friendly, but the other is ice cold. The two have just opened a restaurant, from which they hope to make a lot. But the residents of Castle Rock want nothing to do with homosexual couples, so big trouble is inevitable. When Scott finally.