Once
The Lovers starts, the marriage between Mary (Debra Winger) and Michael (Tracy Letts) is not in the middle of a rough patch nor is it about to hit a speed bump that interrupts romantic paradise. No, the moment the story begins, it's pretty damn clear that these two have drifted apart from one another for eons now. They're both seeing other people behind the other's back, with Michael striking up a romance with dance instructor Lucy (Melora Waters) and Mary engaging in an affair with writer Robert (Aidan Gillen). Each of their affairs have gone on long enough now that Michael and Mary's secret romantic partners beg them to cut off the marriage that has been going on for so long now.
