"Do as you're told and stop whining or you'll piss me off." Tom, a wealthy landowner, catches two burglars in his property. Tom immediately calls the police, but Roger, the police superintendent, says the burglar will get off with a slap on the wrist. The detention cell is packed enough that robbers are considered saints. Roger suggests that Tom inflicts the punishment himself, instead of handing them over to the authorities. Roger lends Tom his "collars" that emit electric shocks at the push of a button. These were to be worn on the necks of his two criminals. This way, Tom is sure to get his orders done. Tom's determination to lord over his two criminals leads him to take measures favorable to one but not to the other. One becomes submissive while the other harbors hatred, too dangerous for Tom to deal with. As his six-month penalty draws to a close, he struggles to instill change in the minds of his two slaves. Success is an uncertainty. Worse, he might be releasing two threats to the society.