常人離れした知能指数を持つが日常生活には順応できない男、マックス・コーエンは自作のスーパーコンピュータを用いて日々株式市場の予測を行っていた。「世界に存在する事象のすべてはそれぞれ一つの数式で理解できる」と信じる彼の前に、ある日コンピュータが巨大な数字の塊を吐き出した。216桁のその数字には、かつて円周率 (π) を研究していたマックスの師ソルも辿り着いていた。彼はその日を境に216桁の数字が持つ不可思議な魔力に取り付かれていく。

A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.

A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.

Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis, unfortunately not only feels bad but even worse and worse with each passing day. The migraine attacks she suffers from indeed keep her from working as hard as she should and in despair she decides to consult Doctor Fish. When the medicine the physician prescribes for her fails, Claire, who can't take it any more, asks him to hospitalize her. In hospital, Claire shares her room with Odette, a young woman who has lost the use of her legs and Eléonore, a frightening old woman. The third episode from "The Blindfold" by Siri Hustvedt.

Explores the history and mystery of Migraine, and its remarkable place in the human condition. Migraine is a devastating but fascinating neurological condition with a compelling story to tell. Alice in Wonderland, Thomas Jefferson, Sigmund Freud, and Joan Didion all figure into its colorful history.

A Texan begins a cross-country journey in hope of finding the empty loft she keeps seeing in visions.