If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Linda is a therapist stretched to her limits as she cares for her daughter, who must be fed through a PEG tube each night. The constant caregiving and mounting stress push her toward emotional exhaustion and blur the lines between her personal and professional life. The home routine becomes a weight she carries as the situation spirals.

During a catastrophic incident, the bedroom ceiling collapses and floods the Montauk apartment, forcing the family to abandon their home. Linda and her daughter relocate to a shabby motel, trying to survive the aftermath. The disaster shatters any remaining sense of stability in their lives.

With Charles away on a two-month work trip, Linda is left to cope largely on her own. He only calls to complain and criticize, offering no real support. The lack of help deepens Linda's isolation and increases the pressure on her daily duties.

Caroline, a new mother in Linda's practice, abandons her baby mid-session. The shocking act exposes the fragility of Linda's boundaries and the volatility of her clients. It marks a turning point in how Linda sees her ability to help others.

Linda seeks help from a colleague therapist for her own problems, but her boundary-crossing behavior wears thin. The colleague becomes exasperated and ultimately declines to treat her as a patient. This professional rejection compounds Linda's personal turmoil.

Living in the motel, Linda meets Diana, a snarky clerk, and James, a neighbor and motel superintendent. James becomes an unlikely source of support and chaos, helping her score drugs online and offering emotional comfort to her daughter. The relationship is complicated and strained.

Caroline later appears at Linda's home but slaps Linda and runs away after being refused help. The harsh confrontation shows how Linda's inability to assist creates further friction with her clients. The incident underscores the collision of professional boundaries with personal crisis.

Linda discovers that her daughter cannot reach the necessary weight for the PEG tube to be removed. In a desperate act, she takes her daughter home, removes the PEG tube, and then hallucinates the surgical hole closing. The sequence reveals Linda's escalating risk-taking as the situation spirals.

Back at the apartment, Charles returns unexpectedly and repairs the hole in the ceiling. Linda tries to hide that she left their child alone, but James tells Charles the truth. The revelation heightens the tension as trust frays within the family.

When Charles discovers the removal of the feeding tube, Linda runs to the ocean and attempts to drown herself. The act reveals how far she has spiraled and exposes the fragility of the entire situation.

Linda wakes up with her daughter looking at her and says that she will be better. The moment offers a quiet, fragile sense of possibility that she may begin to recover and repair their relationship.