After her son is jailed, a Chinese mother with high expectations struggles to protect her family's remaining reputation by parenting her independent daughter, whom she must seek shelter from in the U.S. with her son's two unmanageable adolescents.
艾博(皮埃尔·波克玛 Pierre Bokma 饰)和薇拉(詹妮·施希里 Jenny Schilly 饰)结婚已经二十余年了,两人共同养育着可爱的女儿海伦(Maria Elise Miller 饰),生活可谓是风平浪静。实际上,艾博和薇拉在很长一段时间里都分居两地,艾博在一家研究嗜睡症的医疗机构里上班,虽然工作非常的繁忙,但他是真心的热爱自己的职业。