 Sheryl's husband Richard is a Type A personality striving to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach.Dwayne, Sheryl's son from a previous marriage, is a Nietzsche-reading teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of becoming a fighter pilot.Richard's foul-mouthed father, Edwin, recently evicted from a retirement home for snorting heroin, lives with the family.