Coastal life.

Off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph works at an offshore oil rig, as the title implies fabricating and repairing its metal structure underwater. He has to dive down deep and work long hours alone in a harsh high pressure environment. He has a wife Suse who is 9 months pregnant. It's the eve of Halloween 2010, where 10 years earlier Jack's father presumably drowned looking for treasure in that very spot. Jack was once in college but came back. The specter of his father's death overshadows his daily life, the main reason (although he wouldn't admit it) that he came back to the small town of Tigg's Bay.

Children's storybook aesthetic.

TUW has a lot of pages, but it doesn't take long to read. You're supposed to flip fairly quickly through them, much like a children's story book. There's mention in the foreword by writer Damon Lindenhoff how this is just like a Twilight Zone episode, and the sense of childhood vs responsibilities of being a grown-up do resonate here.

There are several flashback scenes, relating Jack as a young boy, dealing with his estranged father, who drank. Now 33 years old, the same age as his father when he disappeared (drowned), Jack is also confronting his mental 'ghosts.' There's a lot to parse here, but luckily, TUW keeps its cast and setting very basic and simple. This is more of a psychological drama.

At the end, it's a question of Jack Joseph's sanity. He reaches out to his past, while the ever increasing responsibilities of the present bear down on him. His pregnant wife keeps reiterating his responsibilities as a new father. She wants him to forget the past. Yet there's something lurking there that Jack needs to confront and leave clear in his mind before he can move on.