Psychologist Margo Welles is taking a "sabbatical"from her marriage to explore her "untapped femininepotential" by giving lesbianism a whirl. Hoping tomake Margot jealous, her husband Phillip, a philosophy professor, starts dating the lovely Antonia... a much older woman. Margot and Philip both employ their best friend Brighton, a romantically disadvantaged film professor, to keep one another posted... but Brighton's "gay best friend" duties are waylaid...