How does a child react to their mother's suicide attempt? They write her a list of all the beautiful things in the world: 1. Ice cream, 2. Water fights, 3. Being allowed to stay up later than usual and watch TV. Intuitively, it's about the many little things that make life worth living. But will the mother actually read the list? And what happens when you realize that depression doesn't just disappear? The list gets longer and longer as the child gets older: 4997. Eventually, the child grows up, goes to college, falls in love, experiences another suicide attempt by their mother—and the list approaches a million: 999,998. Inappropriate songs in emotional moments. "All the beauty" in the world—can it even be grasped? Duncan Macmillan has written a life-affirming monologue on a deadly serious topic. By involving the audience in the search for everything that can constitute wonderful moments, Macmillan creates—without any sentimentality—a space for perhaps the most beautiful thing of all: shared happiness.