Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what life is worth.

Ina Langston, devastated by the turmoil of unceasing sorrow, is wrestling with her desire to end her time on Earth and her love for the two most important people in her life: Constance, her girlfriend and Oscar, a ghost. On Constance and Ina's anniversary Ina admits to Constance that she loves Oscar with the hope of somehow preserving a fragment of their relationship but is instead told to drop dead. Ina and Oscar, feeling detached from their world and summoned by the pull of the tide, choose to make an irreversible decision rather than dwell in never-ending unhappiness.

When Maia, a mixed race Latina woman, sets out to reconnect with her traditional Mexican roots on her Nana's 100th birthday, things go terribly wrong.