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（蒂姆·艾倫 Tim Allen飾）是個中規(guī)中的中年男人，他所有失敗的小人一樣，做夢都想為一名“大人物。他一直工作在尼蘇達(dá)州的一家藥公司，感嘆懷不遇，得不到應(yīng)的賞識。喬的老本來許諾給他晉的機(jī)會，最后卻言了。而且他的人生活更是一團(tuán)，他跟妻子凱麗凱莉·林奇 Kelly Lynch飾）最后還是以離婚收場。本來不好不壞的工作渾渾噩噩的生活如一汪死水般平。直到他的同事克（帕特里克·伯頓 Patrick Warburton飾）霸占了他心愛的私人車位，還在他早的女兒面前羞辱時，他的怒火終被點燃了。忍無忍的喬，決心改換面，跟馬克“一死戰(zhàn)”。 喬是否能像所有人證：他現(xiàn)在是個“人物”？而這樣改變，到底好壞否呢?
