Des's girlfriend Julie lies about pregnancy to avoid work, pressuring him to marry. Laurie's marriage to jobless writer Colin brings desperation. Des meets Laurie through a dying co-worker, leading to an affair after attending a party.

Des works at a boring job, and his girlfriend Julie is pressuring him to get married by claiming to be pregnant, so that she will not have to work. Laurie is living a life of quiet desperation with her husband Colin, an aspiring writer who refuses to look for a job. Des meets Laurie while visiting a work-mate who is dying of leukemia. While they go for a drive, Laurie invites Des to a rent party at their house. After this Vancouver counter-culture party, Colin finds Des and Laurie in bed together.—Will Gilbert

This is a drama about a shiftless, talentless playwright who lives off the money his pregnant wife earns as a waitress. After a party, a sex-hungry woman friend pays him to go to bed with her. His wife then goes to bed with a young printer after a chance meeting. The wife ends up hating both men.—Gerald Pratley