Ned Rochlin, a biodynamic agriculture farmer living with his girlfriend, Janet, is arrested for selling marijuana – with good intentions – to a uniformed police officer. Ned has three sisters: Miranda, a journalist hoping to publish her first major article with Vanity Fair, and hiding feelings for her neighbor, Jeremy; Natalie, a hipster living with her girlfriend Cindy and five other roommates; and Liz, married to documentary filmmaker Dylan, who shows no interest in her; they maintain strict control over their son River, leaving him unable to express himself. (He is seen in a boring interpretive dance class, but longs to take karate.)