Patrick on AllMovie

Though he has been in an irreversible coma (a "persistent vegetative state") for several years, Patrick is aware of his surroundings. He also has telekinetic powers which enable him to move objects around by willpower alone. This is helpful, because even if he was able to fully awaken, his body could never move again. Nobody shows much interest in having him awaken, since before he was incapacitated, he murdered his mother and sister. When Kathy, the new nurse (Susan Penhaligon) takes over his care and gives him more than perfunctory attention, he begins to fall in love with her. She becomes aware of this when she begins finding strange love notes in her typewriter. Patrick's body is deteriorating, and his doctors would like to pull the plug on him. Instead, he causes their deaths. Now increasingly aware of his terminal condition, he seeks to induce his nurse to join him in death.