A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.

In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.

"Up high. Down low. Too slow." When an insecure man falls victim to a classic childhood prank, he spirals into a full-blown identity crisis and seeks vengeance against his debonair aggressor.