vivian's wealthy uncle mickey regularly sends the family money to help them survive. when mickey's 29-year-old daughter rita runs away from a rehab facility, murray offers her shelter if mickey will pay for a plush apartment. vivian must babysit her adult cousin, making sure she gets to nursing school and avoids pills and booze. but vivian has her own problems: she's curious about sex, likes an apparently twenty-something neighbor, eliot, has inherited her mother's ample breasts, and wants a family that doesn't embarrass her.