Jean, a virtual reality software developer, encounters real-life repercussions while operating in virtual reality; Mona, a battling actress from Harlem, attempts to resolve with her estranged Jehovah's witness mother; Ruth, a worried mother, must face the possibility she has created a beast-- her child; Perizad, a Kyrgyz immigrant, returns to her homeland to bury the last male member of her family members. Four ladies's lives, separated by race, culture, faith and course however attached by the intricacies of motherhood are bound together by an occurrence on the New york city subway.