A group of men get together to form a "discussion group". They share their feelings about women, life, love, and work. The party gets rowdier and rowdier, and then the wife returns home. Thrown out, the men are not yet willing to call it a night.—Murray Chapman <[email protected]>

A group of seven middle-aged men gather at psychoanalyst Kramer's Berkeley, California, home to talk about their experiences with women. There is Solly Berliner, a real estate agent; Phillip, an awkward college professor; Harold Canterbury, a lawyer; Terry, a doctor; Paul, a member of the working class; and Cavanaugh, a retired baseball star who is the leader. After a lot of talk, Harold persuades the friends to visit a high-end San Francisco brothel to indulge in a chaotic bit of fantasy.