Follows the lives of a group of people at a Southern California apartment complex called 96 Pacific Way. Among the residents are; Roger Busky, a saleman trying to become single; Horace Batterson, a retired Navy commander; Mr. and Mrs Quintzel, a couple experimenting with 'open marriage'; psychologist/transvestite Robert Leon; Nurse Sandy Galloway living with her widowed, alcoholic mother Maureen; and local con man Chick Walden.