Olive Kitteridge, a mathematics teacher, endeavors to offer guidance to Kevin, a bright but reticent student whose mother battles depression. However, her son Christopher finds little solace in her efforts. Meanwhile, Henry embarks on a hun…

Kevin returned to Maine, and Olive managed to persuade him to extend his visit, agreeing to attend Christopher’s wedding rehearsal dinner. Olive found herself at odds with the bride’s mother and inadvertently frightened the flower girl dur…

Following a disturbing incident with friends after dinner, Christopher gently suggests to Olive that they consider counseling. Later, he turns to his mother, confronting her about the ways she treated him during his childhood.

Olive traveled to New York to see Christopher and his new wife, but she returned to Maine just as suddenly. There, she received unsettling news concerning Henry, and in the process, forged an unexpected friendship with a solitary widower sh…