On a foggy July morning, Drew Carter, a psychotherapist in semi-retirement, sails off the Golden Gate Bridge in his Honda Accord. The accident leaves him on life support, alive but comatose, and triggers a series of life recollections that play out vividly in his head.

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Unable to talk, move or otherwise communicate, Drew can often hear his husband John and others in the room. As Drew moves in and out of a dream state, he is alternately amused, saddened and satisfied with his life as it plays out like a familiar movie before his closed eyes.

On the other side, Drew’s busy life review registers as a flurry of brain activity—the only thing that keeps his doctors from honoring his clear advance directive: no machines, no heroic measures.

His husband, John, hoping Drew can hear him, begins a series of conversations with his silent husband, hoping he'll awaken and relieve John of the unthinkable task of invoking the advance directive and letting Drew go.

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