Samantha is a schoolteacher lost in the netherworld of her late 20s-- no longer young, but not yet middle-aged. Although far from worldly, she knows enough to distance herself from the boyfriend with whom she shares the most common relationship-death syndrome -- "being too comfortable." Wanting change and searching for an elusive happiness, Samantha strikes out on her own to experience life, but quickly finds the regeneration she seeks may be far from romantic. From the classrooms filled with smiling children, to the crowded bars of Los Angeles, Samantha goes looking for life; its fun, its love, its passion and its meaning. With this new freedom her life begins to tear apart at the seams.