Sir Paul, a distinguished author, blinded in a horrific accident, advertises for an assistant to help him with his writing. He employs the amiable Jane Ryder (Daryl Hannah) to be his eyes as he revisits scenes from his past and works on what he intends to be his final opus. Though Jane appears to be ideal: attractive, intelligent, unruffled by her employer's abrupt eccentricities, it gradually becomes clear she has another agenda.