Stocky Barman
Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months on the range and the occasional trip into town. Monte has a long-term relationship with prostitute Martine Bernard, while Chet has fallen under the spell of the widow who owns the hardware store. Camaraderie and competition with the other cowboys fill their days, until one of the hands, Shorty Austin, loses his job and gets involved in rustling and killing. Then Monte and Chet find that their lives on the range are inexorably redirected.
Ludlow Sr.
Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a cheerful man and loving father to his five kids, as well as the life of every party in their small town. When his wife Sharon, who used to be the 'bad cop', slowly dies of TBC, so does Grins' sense of fun. The kids refuse to keep mourning forever, but dad practically retires from the world and turns his back, opposing them enjoying life again. Then Christmastide arrives, and son Alvin refuses to let his kid brother's dream be spoiled.
Howard
Once she'd been a dancer. Now she lies on a sidewalk, her blood seeping into the snow. The detectives of the 87th precinct are learning about ice: in a mulitimillion dollar showbiz scam, in the glittering diamonds that spill out of a dead man's vest, in the veins of a small time pusher. As the detectives scramble for evidence, as the city shivers, a killer is one step ahead, and the heat is still on.
Maurice
Steve Giardino, an abrasive workaholic Wall Streeter, and his wife Jackie divorce after twenty-six years of marriage and find themselves thrust back into the dating world in middle age and in search of a new life.
Al
회계원인 로레타는 남편과 사별하고 혼자서 살고 있다. 그런 어느날 죠니를 알게 되고 그로부터 청혼을 받아들이지만 애정따위는 별로 중요하게 생각하지 않는다. 단지 평범하고 행복한 가정을 꾸리고 살아가는게 그녀의 목표.행복한 가정을 꿈꾸는 그녀는 노총각 죠니의 구혼을 받고, 죠니는 사이가 좋지 않은 동생 로니를 결혼식에 초청하라고 로레타에게 부탁한다. 그러나 로니와 만난 로레타는 그만 그에게 반해 사랑에 빠지고 만다.헤어지려 했던 로레타와 로니, 서로에 대한 미련으로 갈망하던 두 사람. 이때 뜻밖에도 이태리에 갔던 죠니가 돌아와 위독한 어미니를 살리기 위해 자신은 로레타와 결혼할 수 없다고 밝히고...
