Lester Burnham, un tată cu depresie în criza de la mijlocul vieții, decide să-și întoarcă viața agitată după ce dezvoltă o pasiune absurdă pentru prietena atractivă a ficei lui.
Determined not to turn into her parents, or be drawn into any relationship longer than a one night stand, Zoe constantly struggles with her failing business and love life. Then she falls in love for the first time with Paul. But there's one problem: Paul is married.
A condemned prisoner slowly falls in love with the married female artist who decorates his prison cell. Jin is a convicted killer awaiting execution on Death Row; Yeon is a lonely artist locked in a loveless marriage.