In the Summer of 2011, Andrew McGill has a startling epiphany; he realises that the only truth in the universe is love. Two weeks later, he is arrested for breaking into Toronto's Scotiabank tower in an attempt to save the object of his desire - a woman whom pedestrians had telepathically informed him was trapped on the roof. Beholder tells the story of a young man's attempt to retrace the steps of his psychotic episode to gain insight into the inner workings of his mind.