The film was written, produced and directed by Allan Burns, and it stars Mary Tyler Moore, Christine Lahti, Ted Danson and Sam Waterston.

One day at work, a news bulletin reveals the death of Chip in a car crash.

Holly learns the truth while clearing out her husband's office where she finds a photo of Sandy and Chip together.

She angrily confronts Sandy who tells her that she was unaware that her new friend was the wife of the man she loved until the dinner party, then she ended it.

[2] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was critical of the film saying it "labors over the smallest points of the most inconsequential scenes and then hurries past the big emotional climaxes".