Cleo is a single city woman in her prime. When her son moves away from home, her life is turned upside down. At the same time, her colleague Kajsa falls in love with the handsome consultant Tomas.

Cleo meets an old friend and is reminded of her political involvement in the happy days of her youth. Claes ventures into the housing jungle to try to fix an apartment for Jonas and Anja.

Cleo has her birthday and organizes a party. Kajsa has to muster all her imagination to come up with a good gift for her. Claes becomes embroiled in Jonas' love problems and gets tangled in the web of emergency lies.