Madeleine Wright is eating lunch when she receives a call with her father's postmortem results.
The caller informs Madeleine that her father died from "distal large bowel obstruction," a complication from Parkinson's.
Madeleine contacts her mother and brother, but after not being able to reach them, she puts on a comedy show to distract herself and tries to hide from her grief.
Madeleine looks up information about grief, learning that there's no set timeline for feeling better and it gets easier over time rather than better.
Madeleine's mother eventually calls to discuss funeral arrangements and specifies that both of them need to visit the funeral home to sign forms.
The next day, Madeleine feels sick and experiences a panic attack, a symptom that has been recurring since her father's passing.
Madeleine goes to her mother's house to make a call to the Register Office to register her father's death, but feels uncomfortable being in the house where her father died.
During the call, the registrar gets her father's name wrong and asks irrelevant questions, which frustrates Madeleine.
Madeleine loses her patience with the Registrar's slow process and slow gathering of information.
An argument ensues between Madeleine and the Registrar, during which Madeleine lashes out in grief and frustration.
Madeleine leaves her mother's house abruptly after suggesting her brother should help instead, feeling that neither her mother nor brother have been supportive.
In a rush of emotion, Madeleine runs to catch a train and makes it just in time, jumping on and feeling relief as she escapes.
Back at her own flat, Madeleine screams into a pillow and struggles with her anger and grief in private.
She receives a text message from her mother, who says she's there for Madeleine and pleads for them to stick together during the difficult time.