Nate, a budding restaurateur, returns from a business trip to find that his recently separated mother, Lydia (Krista Allen), has started dating his best friend and roommate, a Lothario named Jimmy. Things get worse when Nate's father, Harrison, suddenly becomes interested in Lydia again and is willing to do whatever it takes to win her back, even of it means using his son. As Jimmy navigates his first serious relationship, Nate is stuck in the middle of a family feud -- and finds that his own romantic life is severely handicapped.