Apathy is set in the future, where scientists have developed a drug which they believe will 'cure' mental illness and criminality by numbing the areas of the brain responsible for emotions. Without sadness or anger, the world will be a better place. However, it soon becomes apparent that the government want to use the drug for more than that, and decide that administering the drug to everyone is the only way to retain control of the people. With every drug, there are complications and risks - how will people behave without their emotions? and does everybody really want to have their emotions...