Diana Gallagher-Cary is at a tipping point. As an OB/GYN at a prestigious Washington, DC, hospital, she uses her career to distract herself: from her grief over her granny's death, from the pain of her breakup with her long-term boyfriend, and from the stress of her free-spirited mother moving in with her. But when she makes a medical decision that disparages the hospital, she is forced to go on a short sabbatical.