一直以来,宝拉(玛莎·马森 Marsha Mason 饰)都带着女儿露西(奎恩·库明斯 Quinn Cummings 饰)和男友一起过着同居生活,一天,宝拉震惊的发现,男友不仅不辞而别,还将宝拉最后的庇护所——他们的房子租给了另一个陌生的男人艾略特(理查德·德莱福斯 Richard Dreyfuss 饰)。 幸运的是,艾略特是一个善良的男人,他不仅同意宝拉母女两继续住在这里,还在生活中对两人照顾颇多,随着时间的推移,宝拉和艾略特之间顺理成章地碰擦出了爱情的火花。然而,就在这时,艾略特在工作上得到了一个绝好的机会,但为此他必须远赴另一个城市,宝拉不希望艾略特离去,但艾略特亦不想放弃这个机会。A divorced woman and her daughter come home to find that her boyfriend has left for an out of town job with no warning. This has happened before. The second surprise comes in the form of another actor who has sublet the apartment from her boyfriend (who did not mention the pair of females who would be in residence). After some negotiation the two decide to share the apartment even though she has vowed to stay away from actors.