Both are expert at conjugal torment, the present intolerable issue being a martini. Preceded by various absurdist manifestations, their friend Richard, a freshly retired professional killer, arrives for a visit.
Wife seductively protests the distraction.
Husband can't get far in conversation with Richard, who is a stupe. All are tense when the second visitor drops in, an idealistic Boy offering love to this trio bent on getting him out so they can continue their merciless and degrading loveplay. The next step is a three-way murder threat. . . . The Boy is . . . Lerner strands everybody . . . among clashing levels of reality. . . .