
After 'family night' charades were a walkover for the girls, Fran is eager to find something Riley and Josh can do - in order to grow closer together, so when he has a construction vacancy, she decides her lover 'obviously' hires her son, never mind neither darling wants that. Both boys try terribly hard, but Josh is as gifted for construction work (roofing, in this case) as Hitler for equality programs. After a long day, Riley tells Fran he just can't keep such an incompetent worker on, and having hired Joshua she should fire him, but she just can't. Only after an extremely painful accident, which hits Riley by cascade from shoulder to nuts, Fran puts the 'father son' job out of its misery, or was that the wrong way to look at it after all?
After having a nervous breakdown, 25-year-old Josh Reeves gets booted from medical school. So he decides to go back home. So when he arrives, Josh discovers his mother Fran Reeves has gotten over her divorce and starts a new relationship with a hunky and young man named Riley. Josh also finds out that Riley is 6 months Junior to him. Also Josh discovers his room to be a gym, and Josh's walk in closet now belongs to Rileys buddy Duane. And Josh's bratty young teenage sister loves her new life style. At Fran's urging, Josh must learn to become a part of his new ""family.""
Fran invites Riley's parents over for dinner. Donna and Tom (Riley's mom & dad) are shocked when they meet Fran. Apparently, Riley has never mentioned that Fran is older, divorced, and with two children {oh yeah, and she's Jewish}. Tom (Rileys Dad) seems to except Fran and move on but Donna (Rileys Mom) just cannot seem to move passed Fran's age. After a small emergency, the two women realize that they both love Riley and will try to be friends.