Remarkably Bright Creatures

Cameron’s van breaks down during his journey. He attempts to replace the damaged part using a video on his phone.

Janice and Barb arrive at Tova’s house with a retirement cake. Janice asks about the cat, and Cat settles next to Barb. Tova and Janice encourage her to take him. Tova enjoys a final evening with her friends. At the aquarium, she thinks about Cameron’s absence and says goodbye to the sea creatures. Marcellus is missing. After Tova leaves her key in Terry’s office, she finds Marcellus on the floor. She quickly fills her mop bucket with water and helps revive him, then helps him into the mop bucket. She sees the class ring he was bringing to her and recognizes the initials as her son’s.

Tova struggles with her newfound knowledge and realizes Marcellus was trying to tell her. She sits beside him and cries. Then she wheels the mop bucket outside towards the ocean. When they arrive, she thanks him for bringing her and Cameron together. She promises to make sure his replacement octopus is treated well and realizes she can’t go to Charter Village after all. She tips the bucket over and returns Marcellus to the sea.

Tova sits by the water alone and considers her next move. Avery joins her and introduces herself. She asks about Cameron, and Tova tells her he went back home. Avery says Cameron stood her up, but Tova assures her Cameron tried to cancel in person; Avery realizes Marco didn’t give her the message. She tells Tova about the time she talked someone down from jumping off the ledge. The woman had been talking about a tragic accident, and Tova realizes the woman must have been Daphne. She finally understands that Erik was killed accidentally by a boom on the sailboat; he did not die by suicide.

Cameron congratulates himself on fixing his van. As he drives, he attempts to text Brad but can’t find his phone. He realizes he left it on his bumper while he was fixing the van. He stops to take a nap, and when he wakes, decides to turn back to Sowell Bay.

Tova leaves a message for Charter Village saying she won’t be going after all. She stays busy by cleaning her house before she goes. She makes plans about what to do next. Suddenly, Cameron arrives at her door and apologizes for the way he acted. He tells her he plans to talk to Terry, and Tova confesses she stole his note; Terry doesn’t know Cameron left. She invites him in and brings him the reclaimed class ring, telling him about Erik’s initials. They hug, and then Tova shows Cameron the house his great grandfather built. She tells him she’s not going to Charter Village. She brings him to Erik’s bedroom, and Cameron asks Tova how she recovered from her grief. Then Cameron discovers a hidden compartment in the floorboards. They open it and find snacks Erik had hidden and Tova’s broken Dala Horse, which Erik fixed before he died.

Marcellus swims underwater and finds Erik’s body, which he will lie with until his impending death. He feels grateful for the chance to go home and considers the future of the aquarium’s new octopus with Tova.

Tova and Cameron play scrabble together. Cameron has left his aquarium job and is working as a contractor, preparing to go to college. They talk about Aunt Jeanne and her new life. Brad and Elizabeth are planning to come visit soon. Later, Cameron, Tova, and Ethan spend Thanksgiving together. Ethan arrives in a Moth Sausage T-shirt, which has finally arrived with Cameron’s lost luggage. After dinner they go to the aquarium, where a new octopus statue has been erected. Tova now volunteers there. The three of them go back to Tova’s, where Avery will join them for dessert.