[1][2] While reporting a story from India, Patrick Wallingford, a New York television journalist, has his left hand eaten by a lion.

Millions of TV viewers witness the accident, and Patrick achieves instant notoriety as "the lion guy".

After watching the video of Patrick, Dr. Zajac contacts the journalist and pledges to find a suitable hand donor for him.

When her husband later dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Doris immediately rushes the hand to Boston.

In the waiting room before the procedure, Doris has sex with Patrick, explaining that she had always wanted to have a child but was unable to with her late husband.