Anne (Meryl Streep), who owns a very good bakery in Santa Barbara, Florida, and Jake Adler (Alec Baldwin), a very good attorney, divorc...
Anne and Jake attend their child Luke's college graduation from St. John's University in New York City. After a dinner collectively, the two begin an extramarital relationship, which continues in Santa Barbara. Jane is torn about the affair; Jake is not. While Agness has Jake scheduled for regular sessions in a fertility clinic, Jake is confidentially taking medication, a side effect that reduces his sperm count. After one of his sessions he has a new lunchtime rendezvous with Jane in a hotel. Jake collapses in the college dorm and a doctor is named. The doctor speculates that the true reason for Jake's distress may be the actual medication and says he must stop taking it. Jake and Jane's children know nothing in the affair, but Harley (John Krasinski), that is engaged to their daughter Lauren, spots the pair plus the doctor in the hotel however keeps silent.
Adam (Steve Martin) is an architect hired to remodel Jane's residence. Still healing from a divorce of her own, he begins to fall fond of Jane. On the night involving Luke's graduation party in Santa Barbara, Jane invites Adam towards the party. She is stoned when they picks her up because she's got smoked a marijuana joint that Jake had given her earlier. Later at the party, Adam in addition smokes a joint with Anne. Jake becomes jealous observing them, but with some cajoling by means of Jane, he gets stoned together as well.
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