Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.

Banana Tree focuses on Ann, a divorced woman who is diagnosed with brain cancer and has a difficult time deciding whether or not to proceed with treatments. Ann's Dad expects her to always consider her family first by wanting her to get treatment. For all of Ann's life, she has blamed her parents for never allowing her to make her own decisions: her career, her marriage, and now her life.