Stewart and Josie were friends in high school, where he was the gay guy and she was the fat girl. They made a pledge that if neither were married by the time they were 40, they would marry each other. Fast forward to today, when a chance meeting brings the two friends back together. Sharing tales of their crappy love lives, Stewart and Josie grow closer and closer until--could it be?--they fall in love, much to the dismay of Stweart's best friend Maxie, a "drag illusionist" best known for his caustic wit and love of making up dirty lyrics to show tunes, and to Lux, Josie's friend and roommate, a stage manager by trade who works part time at Josie's "maternity concierge" business, A Womb With a View. Can the former fat girl and current gay guy buck the odds and live happily ever after? Maybe the ghost of Marie Osmond can help!

Something is happening to the Earth. It's rotation is slowing down, so now nights last for 30 hours, sometimes more. The animals felt it first, the cats, the raccoons, then the humans. None of them know when to sleep. Satelites aren't working right, cell phone reception is spotty and the tides have gone awry and flooded all the coastal areas. Travis is almost 16. His dad left a few months back and his sister, KC, had to come home from her first year in college to take care of him after their mother stopped sleeping altogether and now stays up all night baking elaborate cakes and garbage bags full of cookies. Travis splits his free time between his girlfriend Marissa, and his older buddy, Merv, who manages the Chuck E. Cheese knock off in their town and who is always on the look out for "pervs". As Travis tries to manage in this ever changing world, KC is left to clean up her mom's messes. When her mom goes missing, KC checks with the neighbors and meets Mrs. Carlisle, a no-nonsense octogenarian widow, known as the the town's "crazy cat lady", who now sits in her wheelchair brandishing a shotgun. Just as an uneasy friendship is forming between the two women, something happens that sets in motion a chain reaction of events that will change everyone's lives forever.

Marko and Ness have returned to their Southern home for their father's funeral. Greeted by their father's common-law wife, Nomi, a trans woman who has been with their dad for decades. The stress of the situation brings out the worst in the siblings, who snipe and claw at each other, while slowly revealing to Nomi their own individual struggles with agoraphobia, eating disorders and abusive boyfriends. When their real mother announces she is coming to collect their father's ashes, Marko and Ness rally to support Nomi's rights to them, only to be shocked and horrified by what Nomi has done to keep the ashes where she thinks they should be.

Kevin and Jerry have been friends since they went to grade school together in South Boston. They live next door to each other and their wives Connie and Margee are best friends too. But when cabin fever (and the in-laws) drive both men out into the snowy streets of Southie, they start talking about things. Things like what space saver to use to save the parking space you just shoveled. Things like how the neighborhood is changing. Things like why are they even on this planet. You know, the stuff guys talk about when they're alone.

Jelly drives the Mattapan trolley, an extension of the Red Line subway in Boston. Ginevra, very pregnant, falls asleep in the back of the trolley and Jelly allows her to ride for free until the trolley is shutting down for the night. As the two women talk, they find they have more in common than they thought. But when something is not what it appears to be is revealed, it could devastate both of them.

Donnie and Eileen were high school sweethearts. After a recent medical scare, Donnie brings Eileen on a trip to a special parking lot and takes the pressure off of his heart.

Murph and Donnie like getting stoned, playing video games and listening to music. Then the song "Blinded By The Light" comes on and the argument starts: what exactly is the second line of the chorus, right after "Blinded by the light"? As they both spin wild tales of what the line is and where it came from, they eventually call in some help in the form of the man who wrote the actual song--Bruce Springsteen.

A dad talks about the lessons learned by Disney princesses while dealing with some harsh lessons himself.