Dixon, fascinated by his frigid stepmother during his teenage years, finds an opportunity as a grown man to understand his father's attraction to that ice queen through Frances Butler, a member of his leads group. Cut from the same block of ice as his stepmother, he will satisfy his voyeuristic penchant and discover what heat burns in the breast of an ice queen when she thaws. But first, he must get her to his apartment so he can see what she does as she watches an exhibitionist offer up a show for whoever will watch.