 Arthur has lost just his wife, family has gathered to  support  him. His daughters, Alice and Sophia, have problems of their own: Alice has to deal her husband Sam, while Sophia is returning home after a sixteen-year absence. Sophia s husband, Ted, a soap opera star, offers little help, while her daughter Patty is combative - at least on the outside. Arthur s brother-in-law Donald, tries to guide things, but with his daughters in tow, Lee and Charlotte, that becomes difficult: Lee finds solace in her cousin Will ; Charlotte, is distracted by items such as dolls and her husband, Grant, a real estate agent who seeks to find clients. Noah, the nurse who cared for Arthur s wife through her final days comes to pay his respects. But is that all he is there for? See it all in  The Night Swim , the tale of a shallow family in the deep end.