As the world teeters on the edge of lockdown in early 2020, Chris takes a deep dive into the digital traces of his father’s life — and his father's name, which mysteriously changed soon after he returned home from WWII. What starts as a routine online search leads to a trove of newspaper archives, ship manifests and historical documents that reveal a fractured picture of Joel's life. In piecing these together, Chris begins to understand the origins of his family, and the many questions that still yearn to be answered.