Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
While Mama disputes a bill, the electric company turns the power off—the night that Bubba has to finish a paper on Abraham Lincoln and Iola is up for an award at the Food Circus.
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