Clouds are gathering over Brookland Records, a vintage vinyl store on Telegraph Avenue owned by black Archie Stallings and Jewish Nat Yaffe: a huge shopping mall is planned nearby. Men worry not only about their business - their friendship is also tested. Their wives, selfless midwives Gwen and Aviva, are also going through a difficult period. Titus appears like a bolt out of the blue and becomes best friends with Nat's son, Julius.