Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood. Marty meets Clara, an unattractive school teacher, realising their emotional connection, he promises to call but family and friends try to convince him not to.
The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
In 1898 Yorkshire, a grieving woman and her son move back to the manor of her deceased ex-husband, but soon discover that they are not alone in the house.
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
Madrid, late 19th century. A wealthy woman is found murdered in her home and her maid seems to be the main suspect; but her statement further entangles the case.
Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.
