 After years of separation, the recently widowed Mary and recently divorced Rhoda are reunited and find that though their lives veered off in vastly different directions, they have more in common than they ever realized. Mary and Rhoda struggle together to find jobs in a world that doesn t recognize the potential of women of "a certain age" and both try to understand their rebellious daughters (Rose and Meredith), who are forging their own identities without the help of their mothers.