Faye Dunaway plays Laura Scofield, a Boston publishing exec, who falls for a blue-collar widower with three sons. In the first episode they meet when Laura hires a carpenter to build bookshelves.

Mitch fears that he's being used by Laura when she cancels a date due to VM a publishing crisis.

When Laura invites Mitch and the boys to her swank apartment for an overnight a French magazine sends a camera crew to drop by for a feature on her.

Laura offers David an entry level position at her company when he loses his job at the car wash.