The Split

“Plain” Jane Connor has returned to her Connecticut hometown to spend time with her mother, now living in an assisted-living facility. Jane and her younger, enigmatic sister Esme have never had a close relationship, but when Esme, in Manhattan, calls for help on a fateful night, Jane faces a life-changing decision: whether or not to drive to her sister’s rescue in a storm that conjures traumatic memories of her past. And thus, the story is split in two, where separate plotlines lay out the consequences of each decision. In one reality, Esme returns to their childhood home with Jane, and tensions are thick from Esme’s furtive goings-on. In the other, Jane is deterred by the storm, and soon after Esme goes missing. In both, Jane attempts to understand her sister by untangling the intricacies of Esme’s life while bringing family secrets to light.