1) Mitch Crumb comes home to his hometown to deal with his mother (Suzanne Crumb), who has just been released from a psychiatric facility (Cedar Hill). 2) She has not yet learned that her ex-husband (Billy Crumb) is about to have a baby with another woman (Carolyn Pierce). 3) Mitch's brother (Jody Crumb), who's stayed there to carry on the family business, feels Mitch is only there to write about their family to make money.

1) Suzanne decides to adopt a baby girl from the Ukraine after learning that Billy and new woman are having a girl. 2) Billy inadvertently gets Elvis, Suzanne's psychiatric orderly, fired from the institution (Silver Hill). 3) Jody forces a hesitant Mitch to take his job as restaurant manager seriously when he has to fire a waitress who is stealing.

1) Mitch worries about Suzanne's avoiding friends that she shared with her former husband. Mitch advises her to join a divorce group to sort out some issues. She does, but finds that too boring, so she joins a group of recovering drug addicts instead. 2) Jody deceives Mitch into loaning him money. 3) Billy seeks reconciliation with Jody.

1) Billy is mistakenly busted and loses his massage license. He decides to run the family restaurant. 2) Mitch and Jody compete for his approval. 3) Suzanne, worried that she’s losing Mitch and Jody to Billy, turns to shoplifting.

Mitch hides his new friendship with his father's pregnant girlfriend from his mother. Meanwhile, Jody worries that Mitch is a better tennis player.

A bad experience in a gay bar leads Mitch to proclaim he's straight. Meanwhile, Billy attempts to bond with Jody.

When Billy throws his back out, Suzanne drugs him and holds him captive. Meanwhile, Mitch discovers Andrea and Jody have been secretly hooking up for months.

At Suzanne's belated Christmas dinner, Andrea tries to make Jody think their relationship is turning serious, Mitch becomes insecure when his boyfriend laughs at Jody's jokes, and Billy gives Suzanne a gift that was intended for Shelley.

After learning Billy fixed her up with her boyfriend, Suzanne pretends to be crazy to nullify her divorce papers. Meanwhile, Jody reunites with his old band for a gig.

Suzanne tries to one-up a former mental patient who wrote an autobiography. Meanwhile, when Mitch learns his dad spoke to the people who publish his alumni journal, he gets irate, so Billy fires him.

Jody blackmails Mitch when he discovers he's gay. Meanwhile, Suzanne butts heads with her boyfriend's handicapped ex-wife; and Shelley ruins Billy's bachelor party.

Billy doesn't take the news very well when Mitch comes out. Meanwhile, Shelley has second thoughts about her impending nuptials; and Suzanne decides to marry herself.