Cora goes to group grief therapy in hopes to cope with the conflicting loss of her ex-girlfriend. There, she meets Dr. Jasmine Marcotte and Ryan, a girl who sets out to help Cora find her voice. Meanwhile, the closeted Michael dreads an upcoming dinner with his conservative family, so his boyfriend, Sebastian, offers a solution that may or may not have dire consequences.

The Happy Pill is a story of one woman's struggle with depression and the terrible lens it puts on life. Neglectful family and abusive work relationships beat Amy into trying every pill under the sun, until she finally takes the revenge that some may find hard to swallow.