"It's funny how just when you think you're done with life you find out it's not done with you." Jesse Barnham is a depressed artist contemplating suicide until finding an abandoned baby sea otter brings her back to the land of the living. She may not be able to recall a happy past but she can still, just barely, imagine a happy future. Ted Wallace is a marine veterinarian, ignoring the signs of his progressing illness, hoping they will somehow go away. When Jesse and Ted meet in an attempt to save the baby sea otter, it’s unclear whether they can move beyond their differences. Each clearly sees the other's failings but not their own. And as Jesse begins putting her life back together Ted is slowly losing his. This heart-warming tale is a reminder that the things that we save, often hold the power to save us.