Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is determined to make it work this time, finding a stable job and regularly attending her meetings. Unfortunately, new friends, a new job, and the chance of a new life, can't keep Ellie from slipping once again. Her life changes when she meets Christopher - a different kind of addict - which forces her daughter and son to accept a new version of Ellie.
男主人公喬·賽佛（蒂·艾倫 Tim Allen飾）是個(gè)中規(guī)中矩的中年男人，他像所有失的小人物一樣，做夢(mèng)都成為一名“大人物”。一直工作在明尼蘇達(dá)州一家制藥公司，感嘆懷不遇，得不到應(yīng)得的賞。喬的老板本來(lái)許諾給晉升的機(jī)會(huì)，最后卻食了。而且他的個(gè)人生活是一團(tuán)糟，他跟妻子凱（凱莉·林奇 Kelly Lynch飾）最后還是以離婚收?qǐng)?。本?lái)不好不壞的工作和渾渾噩的生活，如一汪死水平靜。直到他的同事馬（帕特里克·沃伯頓 Patrick Warburton飾）霸占了他心愛(ài)的私人泊車位，還他早熟的女兒面前羞辱時(shí)，他的怒火終于被點(diǎn)了。忍無(wú)可忍的喬，決改頭換面，跟馬克“決死戰(zhàn)”。 喬是否能像所有人證明：他現(xiàn)在是個(gè)大人物”？而這樣的改，到底好壞與否呢?
