Tim Koetting

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.

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.

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.

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.

Loretta Castorini, uma contadora do Brooklyn com seus 30 e tantos anos, cujo marido morreu há vários anos em um acidente de ônibus, decide que é hora de se casar novamente. Então, ela aceita a proposta de um agradável, companheiro de meia idade chamado Johnny Cammareri. Loretta está convencida de seu primeiro casamento foi amaldiçoado porque ela e o marido haviam se casado na Câmara Municipal. Então ela está determinada a fazer as coisas direito desta vez, mesmo quando admite para sua mãe, Rose, que não está realmente apaixonada por Johnny. Ao que Rose responde: "Bom. Quando você o amar, ele vai deixá-la louca, porque eles sabem que podem". Rose fala por triste experiência, ela suspeita que seu marido, Cosmo, está traindo. Loretta está convencida de que casar com Johnny é a coisa certa a fazer. Até que ela conhece o irmão mais novo Ronny, que trabalha nos fornos em uma padaria do bairro e é mal-humorado e apaixonado. Então surgem as complicações dignas de uma ópera cômica.