Dizi, çökmekte olan bir aile şirketinin bireyleri arasındaki zayıflayan bağları konu ediyor. Ekonomik durumun mecburi değişimiyle zorda kalan karakterler, sosyetik adetler ve burjuva ahlakıyla ayakta kalmaya çabalıyor.
An ex-felon is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint and returns to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood.
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back personality contrasts with Angela's type-A behavior.
Life is really tough for Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, two thirty-something aspiring comics living and working in New York City. While their friends and acquaintances move on to find success and love, they continue to struggle with careers and relationships, getting more bitter by the day.