April, 1936. A significant power failure occurs in New York; a man (Danny) enters his room with food and finds his wife on the settee in the darkness with a hand on her eyes. Danny tells Diane about his day and tells her he will take her to the doctor tomorrow. Diane appears to have psychological problems, as she soon forgets the bellboy was ever in the room and believes Danny has been talking to her in Chinese.

September, 1969. Moe arrives at the Railroad Hotel where he and a hooker named Darlene are shown to the hotel room: 603. Before Moe can act, a man from his past named Lou arrives at the room and takes control of the situation, to the detriment of Moe.

June, 1992. Sasha arrives in room 603, and soon her friends, Tina and Diane, join her. After Sasha angrily berates the maid for accidentally hitting her in the head with a champagne cork, the three friends discuss Sasha's relationship with her future husband, Robert.