故事讲述充满文青气质的汤马大学毕业,从父亲的豪宅搬到小区生活,漂流在纽约大都会中,一日,汤马意外发现父亲有外遇,试图出手阻止但却情不自禁投入外遇的怀抱。汤马迷失在了偷情的快感与罪疚之中...Thomas Webb, the son of a publisher and his artistic wife, has just graduated from college and is trying to find his place in the world. Moving from his parents' Upper West Side apartment to the Lower East Side, he befriends his neighbor W.F., a shambling alcoholic writer who dispenses worldly wisdom alongside healthy shots of whiskey. Thomas' world begins to shift when he discovers that his long-married father is having an affair with a seductive younger woman. Determined to break up the relationship, Thomas ends up sleeping with his father's mistress, launching a chain of events that will change everything he thinks he knows about himself and his family.