Revolution #9 focuses on Jackson, a young man, as he develops schizophrenic symptoms, and his fiance Kim's desperate attempts to get him treatment. His onset is rather sudden, but despite a doctor's prescription and diagnosis, Jackson refuses to take medication. And even though Jackson's condition gets him fired from his job, Kim is unable to have him committed because "he's not considered a danger to himself or others until he commits a crime." Finally after a suicide attempt, Kim is able to have him committed to a hospital where he recieves medication. He responds well to the meds and begins to have insight into his illness. Unfortunately, though, his managed care provider has him released before he can fully recover. At the end of the film, he is wandering the street in a fragile state, devastated by the realization of what has become of his life. Thus, the tragedy of de-institutionalization.