Plot: Long an empty nester, widowed and retired, both from teaching and her short stint singing in a band, Angeleno Carol Petersen leads a staid life with her aging dog, Hazel, she not straying from the straight and narrow in the process. That "don't rock the boat" life includes resisting the move made by her best friends and bridge-playing regulars Rona, Georgina and Shelly to move into Royal Oaks or a similar upscale retirement facility, where the seeming goal is to keep the residents socially connected at any cost. When Carol is forced to put Hazel down, she can no longer ignore the loneliness of her life. Beyond the unexpected house guest to replace Hazel, Carol embarks on two very different relationships with two very different men, each who fulfills a different void in her life: Bill Young, a new resident at Royals Oaks, he who is seemingly self-assured but all alone in the world; and Lloyd, her new pool man who is half her age, and to any outsider a person who is floundering in life in not knowing what he wants and thus not making any real efforts to move ahead.
Alternative Plot: After realizing how lonely and routine her life has become, a longtime widow (Blythe Danner) begins relationships with two very different men (Martin Starr, Sam Elliott).
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