Companion piece to "Gardenia". Many of the characters return to site of former Nantucket commune to sort out truth behind event which ruined all their lives. Part One: Bulfinch's mythology. The play begins on a deserted Nantucket beach in 1875 where the young Joshua Hickman awaits the return of his wife, Lydie, who has been off-island on a nursing assignment. She is furious that he has let her cherished gardenia plant wither and die in her absence...

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett and wife Helen attempt to run a Nantucket-based airline while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.

The crew of Sandpiper Air and their friends and family at Tom Nevers Field return for more laughs, more romance, more rivalry and more surprises. In this season, Joe and Helen enjoy wedded bliss, but not for long, as Brian and Casey burn down Helen's house, and the two couples have to live together.