Annie Sussman and her husband, Ben are two happily married empty nesters living on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Annie, a retired teacher, has big plans to restart the playwriting career she left behind so many years ago. Her efforts are thwarted, however, when her mother, Rose, has a sudden fall and must come and live with them. Rose is in constant need of attention and Annie is finding it increasingly difficult to write and focus on her new career. Ben suggests they have Annie’s brother Joey, and his wife Karen, over for dinner to confront them about not helping out more with this situation. Rose puts in her two cents about how she feels and the fur flies. Rose falls again and Ben badly injures his knee in the process. Now Annie must take care of two invalids and contend with her brother and sister-in-law who have come to “help”. A decision must be made, what to do with mama?