莉迪亚(Lisa Kudrow 饰)和保罗(Ray Romano 饰)决定告别空荡荡的家，开始新的生活。他们把自己20世纪20年代西班牙风格的别墅挂牌出售了，这座美丽的别墅位于洛杉矶最令人向往的街区之一，一场房地产狂潮也由此展开。多个家庭竞相购买他们认为的梦幻之家，坚信这座房子能够解决他们各自截然不同的问题。莉迪亚和保罗则深知，有时你的梦想之家可能会变成一场真正的噩梦。在保罗和莉迪亚竭力掩盖他们久居的这所房子里潜藏的黑暗和危险秘密的过程中，他们逐渐意识到，逃离过去的唯一办法就是勇敢面对它。
Filip 是一个年轻、不负责任且厚颜无耻的男同性恋者，坚信世界尽在掌握。当家庭悲剧降临，他的自我中心转变成挥之不去的负罪感。在照顾年幼的侄女时，Filip 渴望保持自由，但由于童年创伤，他抗拒将侄女托付给陌生人。为了照顾她，他必须直面自己的软弱、失败和社会偏见。
Professor Jarvis is, as one student describes him, the most henpecked man in the world. When he catches Perry Hatch cheating on an exam, he informs him that he will not be reported to the university but rather to his father who, Prof. Jarivs hopes, will mete out appropriate punishment. Hatch is none too pleased and when he hears that Jarvis's wife has been gone for several weeks, starts to wonder if Jarvis may have gotten rid of her. He and a friend spy on him and find him throwing away some of his wife's belongings. They take their case to the police who decide to question him.
