Al is losing everything. First it's his car radio, then his newspaper column and then his wife, Davina. But even after all that, there's a still greater loss to come.

Davina is worried that her brother-in-law, Roger, wants to start an affair with her. It's only after the unexpected arrival of Roger's son, Michael, and the liberal use of a class C narcotic that the truth is out.

When Roger fires his piano teacher for making eyes at his wife, Veronica, Davina is shocked. She hires the teacher to give lessons to her husband Al, but then the teacher starts making eyes at her.

Eminent writer Robert Ringwald is over from the States to judge a book prize. While Al struggles to write an article on "what makes a classic", the crafty Ringwald has his sights set on seducing Davina.

A chance meeting with an old schoolfriend prompts Davina to start looking back on her childhood, and when her mother suffers another stroke she returns to old haunts. Meanwhile, Al meets an old flame.

Davina Jackson has hit 61 but still looks great, as does her husband. Having downsized, they have cash for a new lifestyle, but with a dysfunctional son, not everything is rosy.