Ellie gets cancer during hers and Mr. Fredricksen's otherwise happy marriage, and Carl resorts to entering the meth business to pay for treatment. Carl has enough money left over to buy two tickets to Paradise Falls, but Ellie succumbs to her cancer, leaving an unhappy cook with nothing to live for. Carl's tickets expire during his depression, but he then realizes that he could take her ashes to Paradise Falls. Access to the forest in which Paradise Falls is located is restricted, however Carl understands that money can buy access anywhere in sufficient amounts. Carl kickstarts his cooking business back up, and a certain boyscout eager to earn his "assisting the elderly" badge is determined to help.