Four years after fleeing his own wedding and leaving bride Nicole at the altar, Richard returns a changed man, seeking the city's most ruthless divorce lawyer to end his unhappy marriage. He hires the formidable Nicole Kane, not recognizing her as the wife he abandoned. Nicole, equally unaware of her client's true identity, takes on his case with professional detachment, leading to a series of hilarious and poignant encounters as the ex-couple works closely together, unknowingly navigating the ruins of their own past relationship.
