In which the affectionate and slightly rebellious Mr. and Mrs. Seth Appleby, devoted to each other despite their humble and uneventful lives in New York City, prepare for their customary yearly vacation to Cape Cod with a mix of anxious excitement and tender domestic bustle. Their quaint and quietly defiant partnership, seasoned by decades of mutual care and gentle teasing, is vividly sketched against the backdrop of modest clerical work and unpretentious aspirations.