Opening scene: The camera starts on a lump in a bed (Clay) he's a messy sleeper an almost looks worried in his sleep. The shot continues to change to him doing his morning routine all the while looking miserable. Brushing his teeth: Miserable. Showering: Miserable. Combing his hair: Miserable. Pouring Orange Juice: Miserable. Eating Instant Grits(The breakfast of the depressed): Miserable. We then see Clay walking down a painfully long spiral staircase, not a beautiful elegant spiral staircase, rather a tarnished industrial staircase in an equally sad apartment building with peeling paint and faded oriental rugs. Clay passes several solemn faces on his way out and none utter a word to eachother. As he steps out into a smoggy city street he takes a deep breath and sighs. The audience should understand that he's a depressed man
The Subplot: As Clay and Hope drive by the old "treasure chest" they hid, we leave the car that they are in and see a young boy and girl uncover the chest. They open it and see the instructions to the "real" treasure and decided to pursue it. (They then go by all the landmarks from Clays youth and build their own memories, when they find the treasure it's a drawing of a butt and a face with it's tongue sticking out. It was all a prank from Hope and Clays youth)
The "All is lost" Moment: Clay is on his way to Hopes house and when he arrives he see's a note on the door. It said her condition worsened and she's been taking to Hospice for the final days of her Luekemia. He then remembers her condition (something he'd forgotten after spending so much time with her) and falls back into a depressed state
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