After her mother's death, troubled 14-year-old Alyssa (Carly Schroeder) is sent to live with her estranged father (Adrian Dunbar) at his dolphin research lab in the Bahamas, where she takes refuge in the sea animals and discovers her innate gift for communicating with them. When the lab is threatened with closure, Alyssa may be the key to saving her father's life's work. Katharine Ross also stars in this award-winning family drama.