Three friends from high school, unable to secure employment or a decent income post college graduation, are forced to move back home to live with their parents. Jeanie McNulty, a type-A overachiever and formerly obese high school nerd, returns home to live with her thrice-divorced gold-digging mother and her soon-to-be-wed perfect younger sister. Connor O'Connor, a communications major with wild dreams of get-rich-quick success, finds himself at home with, Rita, his loving albeit enabling single mom. Nathaniel Ulysses Tompkins, affectionately known as Nut, works as an office assistant in his father's successful law firm, yet longs to pursue the life of a starving artist. Together, the three 'losers' attempt to become normal adults complete with jobs, financial security, and family; while at the same time struggling to leave behind dorm room life, weekend parties, and living under their parents' health insurance.