pMarriage counselor Eli Fox has always been led by his commander-a persona inside his mind who speaks to him through his waking thoughts. Eli trusts his commander implicitly, for he is, and always has been, his protector and master strategist.p pAt the historic Stoneport Institute of Psychiatry, Eli supervises psychiatric resident, Meagan Rush, as she leads sessions with troubled couples. As a cotherapy team, Eli and Meagan study intimacy between the sexes and debate the interplay of Eastern and Western psychology. But when they decide to become their own interpersonal experiment, honesty gives rise to passion and reopens childhood wounds in both of them, triggering a devastating chain of events. Worse yet, the Institute is in the midst of a takeover led by the greasy Clayton Beauregard, whose main interest is in maximizing company profits. In an effort to reduce claims, his company engages in unethical practices with innocent patients as its victims. As chaos swirls around him, Eli is