Isaac Bates can scarcely believe that he's wrecked his boat, the Diana. He and Cory, his adult daughter and the last of eight children to live at home, had been piloting it into safe harbor for the winter, but it was one risk too many and a brutal storm had consigned it to a watery grave. The two mariners climb away from the wreck and, when the hopelessness of their situation becomes apparent, decide to hitchhike home. As the practical, gruff pair makes its way to the road, Isaac reminisces about its construction twenty years prior. Since he owns a lucrative cannery and other boats, he never needed it to survive, but he will miss it all the same. It is far from his only great love, however,. Although he has cheated on his wife, Ella, many times before, he loves her deeply as well. He has no idea how to deal with her terminal ovarian cancer, but he is adamant that he and Cory will live in a hotel near the hospital in Boston as long as it takes. Isaac and Cory finally reach their house, and he begins to give orders as they fix themselves dinner and some whiskey. Oddly, he insists that she should change out of her soaked jeans. Despite some reluctance, she puts on a skirt instead. As they drink, they reminisce and joke about Ella and the rest of their family, telling stories they both know and laughing all the same. Before long, music plays and they are dancing. To his shock as much as hers, Isaac then finds himself groping his own daughter. She scratches him, he throws her into a wall, and she sobs. In shock, they start cooking some spaghetti, knowing full well that nothing will ever be the same.