Barbara Daly marries above her social class to the dashing heir of the Bakelite plastics fortune. The birth of the couple's only child, Tony, intensifies the already volatile marriage. As Tony matures, he become the unwilling pawn in the psychosexual games of his parents.

An unfinished affair : A brief and steamy tryst between married professor Alex Conner and seductive student Sheila turns treacherous when he breaks it off after his wife recovers from a near-death illness. Last night : Michael and Joanna Reed appear to have it all. Young and successful, they're a married couple who share a comfortable and seemingly perfect life. But when Michael finds himself alone on a business trip with an attractive new colleague...