AdultbrothersMarkandColinPollockstilllivewiththeirparentsFrankandMavisPollockinasmallapartmentintheprojectsofLondon'seastendinwhatisacollectivedepressedandunhappyexistence.Thethreemenofthehouseholdareallonthedole,eachdoinglittletofindgainfulemployment.Betweenthebrothers,Markisthesmartaleck,whocallshisparentsbytheirgivennamestoirkthem,andwhohangsoutwithabunchofhooligansashereferstohimselfandhisfriends,suchasaskinheadnamedCoxy.Althoughnevermedicallydiagnosedassuch,Colinisseeminglyemotionallyslow.ColinlikestohangoutwithMarkandhisfriendsinhiswanttobeaccepted,especiallyasMarktellshimthataneighborhoodgirlnamedHayleyisinterestedhim.ThefamilyrarelysocializeswithMavis'sisterandbrother-in-law,BarbaraandJohn,wholiveamiddletouppermiddleclassandseeminglyperfectexistenceinthesuburbsofChigwell.Althoughnottellingthemtotheirface,Johndislikeshisrelationsbymarriage,believingespeciallyMarktobebrashandtrashy.AunilateralactbyBarbaraleadstomanyissueswithintheextendedfamilycomingtothesurface,mostspecificallythetruehappinessofthemarriagebetweenBarbaraandJohn,andwhatColinistrulylookingfortobehappyinlife亲爱的自己，该醒醒了。你已经做了太多无谓的挣扎，太多荒唐的事情，太多盲目的决定，而错过了太多本来的幸福，太多安静的生活，太多理性的选择。现在开始，请认真把你做过的都忘记，再用心把你错过的都弥补回来。你要更精彩的活，精彩的让别人注视和羡慕，而不只是关注别人的幸福美剧疯子恐怖片美剧