Jenny (Sheridan Smith) is a lonely primary school teacher recovering from a disastrous broken relationship. Nick (Neil Maskell) is a city boy richly endowed with both cash and secrets. On their first date they find out everything there is to know about each other, and knowing everything can be a dangerous and unpredictable business.

Erica (Gemma Chan) is a beautiful young lesbian girl who can't pluck up the courage to tell her traditional Chinese family who she really is. When she meets confrontational, enigmatic Kate (Katie Mcgrath), Gemma realises that she can't continue hiding herself away.