a living room filled with ten earnest, talkative divorced women. this is their talk group. we meet jan, 30, who speaks shyly, thoughtfully, covering her braces often as she speaks. she holds a too-full glass of red wine.
ray dreams sweetly in the middle of this rockbed of women's woes. dorothy strokes his head, as she plucks him up. in frame another woman, alice, 50, speaks passionately to the group.
jerry, who is playing with a kaleidoscope on the table, looks up to see ray.
jerry and ray have a great conversation, playing tug with a piece of rope.
dorothy enters to find chad watching t.v. the house is now quiet, the remains of the divorced women's group is still in evidence.
jerry enters. dorothy is seated toward the back.