The show is about five different stories that take place at the same dock.
Our Place: Jake and Holly arrive at the dock for a date, but things go south when Jake’s ex, Anne, shows up with her new boyfriend, Lyle.
Flick of the wrist: a woman, Beth, is trying to get her father, Jonathan, to remember her.
Famtime: Al tries to take his wife, Brenda, and two children, Nicky and Sherry, on a canoe trip.
Tuna fish: couple Liberty and Cory when a conversation about tuna sandwiches reveals a lot about how Liberty is feeling.
I’m staying with you: a teen boy, Stanley, runs away from home when his six-year-old sister follows him.
The ensemble all gathers for the epilogue.
Our Place provides examples of:
- Amusing Injuries: Sherry hitting Al on the back of the head with a paddle is treated as a joke.
- Daddy's Girl: Beth was very close to her father before he got sick.
- Death of a Child: Sidney, a six year old, drowns to death after falling off the dock.
- Double Meaning: Liberty talks about food as a metaphor for her relationship with Corey.
- Downer Ending: the show ends with Sidney and Jonathan both being dead, and everyone leaving the dock sadly.
- Kill the Cutie: Sidney, a hyperactive and precious six year old, drowns to death.
- Mood Whiplash:
- Flick of the Wrist, a story about a woman trying to reconnect with her senile dad, goes straight to Famtime, a goofy family trip story.
- While I’m Staying with you had its sad moments, most of it was kind of jokey. It goes straight serious when Sidney falls off the dock.
- Pietà Plagiarism: The last story ends with Stanley sobbing while holding Sidney’s dead body.
- Parental Issues:
- Discussed with Liberty when she mentions her father didn't support her getting a degree in philosophy.
- Stanley has issues with his parents, specifically with his father, calling him "him" instead of his dad.
- Scatterbrained Senior: Jonathan is an older man who has an undisclosed sickness that makes him this.
