
Ray Barone is a successful sports writer and family man who deals with a brother and parents -- who happen to live across the street. Mom Marie loves to meddle in his life, while older brother Robert sometimes resents his success, and Dad Frank just makes comments and raids the fridge. Nevertheless, Ray manages to keep a bright outlook and a sense of humor, leaving the hard issues to his more-practical wife, Debra.

Robert becomes defensive when Amy's parents point out his habit of touching food to his chin before eating it; Amy devises a plan to break Robert of his strange habit.

While assembling a 500-piece puzzle late into the night, Ray and Amy's mother trade stories about themselves and their families.

Ray gets upset when he learns that Debra has been sharing their intimate secrets with her friends.

A modeling agent convinces Robert to pose for headshots, but when he returns for the pictures, he finds that the agency has mysteriously disappeared.