[2][3] Seven years after his wife tragically drowned, heart surgeon Juha finds himself emotionally distant as he raises his teenage daughter Elli alone.

When a chance encounter with Mona, a dominatrix, brings him closer than ever before to feeling something again, he finds himself entering the world of BDSM.

She gives first aid and calls an ambulance (she is a physical therapist by day, so she has medical training).

Whilst this conversation takes place, Juha pulls his own damaged thumb nail off.

Juha follows Mona once more, this time to her flat, where he gives her an ultimatum: she can hurt him as much as she likes, provided that she strangles him in exchange.

He finds Elli in a park, smoking, and attempts to repair their relationship by inviting her to the Natural History Museum, like they used to do on her birthday.

Juha hears that his psychological evaluation came back clear and he tells his colleague he lied.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Dogs Don't Wear Pants will be too intense for many viewers, but for those who can take the punishment, there's pleasure in this stark drama's pain.