Matriarch Susan Slater and grad student Suzanna Slater adjust to their new middle class life after the death of the financially exhausted family patriarch. Max Garret comes to save his adopted mother and best friend, but Susan refuses his offer, and Suzanna is too consumed in grief to be saved. Eight months later, newlyweds Suzanna and Andrew set up Max on a blind date with Andrew’s coworker, the mysterious and unassuming Becky Shaw. After a date gone horribly awry, Becky Shaw latches on to these strangers, and won’t let go until all is restored, and all relationship boundaries are forever changed.