A thirty-something, is still living at home until his parents hire an interventionist to help him graduate out of the house. That's when the fun begins.
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
The story begins in Los Angeles when Frances Lacey (Kathy Bates) takes her six children and drives north to find a home of their own away from the bad influences of the big city.
Feeling lonely and neglected by her overworked husband, Roxy, a Depression-era farm wife, is drawn into an ill-advised affair with Jack, their hired hand.