Two families who live and work on the east side of the Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn neighborhood of Brooklyn are interrupted by the arrival of Naomi, a 25-year-old Australian summer intern with connections to both families.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.