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Phillip is shaken by a gruesome Hamburg case in which a man consents to having his own penis cut off and eaten by his lover. The episode exposes the disturbing perversions that haunt his work as a cybercrime investigator. It foreshadows his later difficulties with intimacy.

Phillip's frequent travel and difficulty with romantic intimacy strain his relationship with his girlfriend. She makes overtures, but he struggles to respond, leading to a volatile sexual encounter and her eventual departure after she writes 'pig' on his chest with lipstick. The fallout deepens his emotional distance.

Phillip teams with his partner Nigel to probe a fetish website that shows morbidly obese women being held and fed. The encryption surrounding the site hints at a mastermind concealing a deeper perversion. Internal disagreements with superiors push Phillip to pursue the lead further.

Against orders, Phillip travels to Toledo, Ohio to track down the webmaster and locate 'Lucy', a former site favorite. His pursuit begins to reveal the real-world extent of the perverse operation. The trip signals a shift from cyber clues to on-the-ground danger.

In Toledo, Phillip questions a local priest and gathers context about the mastermind, Michael Carter. He learns the mastermind's reach includes a ramshackle cottage in the woods and a captive named Deirdre. The interrogation helps him connect the website to an active abuse.

Phillip tracks Michael to a ramshackle cottage in the woods where Deirdre is held captive. He witnesses the plan to feed her a slurry of eggs and weight gain powder. The discovery escalates the danger and confirms his worst fears about the operation.

Phillip uncovers Michael's motive: a disturbed fixation rooted in his relationship with his overweight mother who died when he was a child. This explains his fetish website's perverse theater and the deadly games he orchestrates. The revelation adds psychological horror to the physical danger.

In the cottage, Phillip finds Lucy's decaying remains and confronts Michael. Michael explains that Lucy was killed after his mother died, and the fat he carved from her body is at the heart of the slurry meant for Deirdre. The scene connects the online feed to a grisly real-world crime.

In the confrontation, Phillip shoots Deirdre after learning about the deception. She professes love for Michael, and the moment ends with two shots heard off screen, leaving Michael's fate implied. Phillip's moral conflict deepens as the violence reaches its peak in the cottage.

The narrative shifts to Phillip living in suburban bliss with Michael's adoptive sister. He seems content, far removed from the macabre case that haunted him. The contrast sets up questions of loyalty, desire, and the price of escape.

Phillip takes sandwiches packed by the adoptive sister and drives to the woods cottage. He eats as he arrives, signaling the start of a new, grim ritual. The scene hints at a ravenous, unsettling dynamic between him and the imprisoned Michael.

At the cottage, Phillip teases Michael while eating, underscoring a cruel reversal of power. Michael, starving and emaciated, begs to be fed, highlighting the depths of the hunger and control that define their twisted relationship. The film closes on a chilling note of dependency and dominance.