vˈɪnsənt ˈɛsfˈɔːɹzə dˈæni nˈuːtʃi wˈɜːks fɚɹə lˈɑːɹdʒ, ˌɪnfluːˈɛnʃəl ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ fˈɜːm, ænd hiː hˈæzbiːn pˌʊt ɪn tʃˈɑːɹdʒ ʌv loʊkˈeɪɾɪŋ sˈɛvɹəl pˈiːpəl hˌuː wɜː pˈɑːɹt əvən ˈoʊld ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt fɹʌmðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti z—ɐn ɛkspˈɛɹɪmənt ɪnwˌɪtʃ ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv kˈɑːlɪdʒ stˈuːdənts wɜː ɡˈɪvən ɐ dˈoʊs əvə kˈɛmɪkəl kˈɔːld ˌɛlˌoʊtˈiː sˈɪks.
Vincent Sforza (Danny Nucci) works for a large, influential research firm, and he has been put in charge of locating several people who were part of an old experiment from the 1970s—an experiment in which a group of college students were given a dose of a chemical called LOT-6.