 After having failed to save her husband s life, Dr.(Ms.) Thomson lives alone in a apartment building. Her daily routine consists of going to work, then coming home, and dealing with daily problems such as two percocious children, who repeatedly ring her doorbell and run away; complaining to the building watchman, who has plugged his ears with cotton balls; unable to take a bath because the taps have run dry; receiving obscene phone calls, &c. When she permits a young man to live with as her paying guest, her life changes and she steps into a new routine.