After earning his bachelor's degree from an East Coast college, Benjamin Braddock returns to his parents' Pasadena, California home. Benjamin is anxious about his future plans and cringes as his parents deliver accolades at his graduation party. He retreats to his bedroom until Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's law partner, insists that he drive her home. Once there she tries to seduce him. Benjamin rejects her advances but later invites her to the Taft Hotel, where he registers under the pseudonym "Mr. Gladstone".