The long lived lobster, Big Tom meditates on the nature of love from his chosen position and location of a tank in Alberto's restaurant. He observes several manifestations of this emotion through the people he meets. His relationship with his lobster mate, Little Bit, a young couple that comes to the restaurant, that befriend him and, given his long life, his witness to their aging. And the parent/child relationship of "Captain Scott" and his daughter, "Penny" as they grow older.