Ilona is a Russian divorcee living in America with a seventy year old male roommate named Earl while she tries to get her finances and life in order. Her relationship with Earl is strange—he seems to like being seen out with her, and sometimes buys her gifts, but she also has to take care of him with his ailing health. Meanwhile, she spends time with her friends, getting set up with different men. She meets a Georgian man, Thomaz, at a friend's barbecue, and they end up having sex later that week.

Thomaz is married with kids back in Georgia, and his visa expires in a month, but he and Ilona enjoy their time together. When Ilona gets back from her tryst with Thomaz, she finds the apartment empty. A neighbor informs her that Earl had been taken to the hospital by ambulance that morning. At the hospital, Ilona is told by Earl's children that they will be taking care of Earl from now on, and that she can stay in the apartment for a little while.

Back at the apartment alone, Ilona starts to make plans for the future. She thinks of the people in her life in clear-eyed assessments of their desires and drives, her own included.