Comedy about a young married couple, with the husband being a cynical, introverted New Yorker, who move to Kansas where the couple has to deal with being close to the wife's large and gregarious family.
Tom and Susan host a barbecue for the family, but he can't put the grill together and she can't cook.
Lewis has a date with a woman he previously met at a clothing store.
Tom gets Chris to go golfing when he should be doing chores.
Tom finds out his new friend is an old high school nemesis of Susan's.
Tom and Bill has nothing in common which causes Tom to feel awkward around him; Chris is forced to sharpen his dancing skills for a heritage dance contest.
When Tom and Susan buy a small car, Sandy frets that they might not want children.
Susan discovers that Tom still has his old New York apartment
Tom tells the family one of Susan's personal secrets.
Tom and Susan spend the night at the Kelly's to make Sandy's Christmas a little more manageable.
Tom picks a night out drinking with the gas utility man over his promise to have dinner with Susan and her family.
When Tom is asked to speak at Mary's school, she feels put out and envious. Lewis tries to shorten his name to just "Lew."
The in-laws contractor suggestion turns out to be a dud.
Tom learns that his doctor has been dwelling on intimate thoughts of Susan for a long time.
Susan takes a job as a restaurant hostess as Lewis approaches his twenty-first birthday.
Susan sets up Tom's friend Bob with a date so that she and Tom can have a new couple to pal around with.
Tom and Susan are joined by Mary in their home when she and Chris get into an argument. Lewis lets the family meet a girlfriend at dinner.
Tom's interview on talk radio becomes a point of contention when the host twists Tom's words, alienating him from the community.
Susan's sister Lisa returns from school to confess to quitting and backpacking around Europe. When Tom agrees with her decision, he ends up on the wrong side of a family argument. Susan becomes jealous when Lisa's gay roommate seems to be attracted to Mary.
Money issues affect all as Chris tries to keep his job loss a secret, Susan believes that she and Tom have to think in the long term and Lewis moves out in lieu of having to pay rent.
Tom tries to get back on the family's good side by lendng Chris money to start a home remodeling business. Later, he is offered a job ghostwriting a book for a football player.
Tom's parents attend the Kellys' anniversary party in Kansas.