Created by Emily Kapnek. Originally aired on ABC as a television series in 2011. Special features: featurette; gag reel; unaired scenes. Jeremy Sisto, Jane Levy, Cheryl Hines, Carly Chaikin.
Contents:
Motherload. Barbecue -- Chatterer -- Don't call me Shirley -- Halloween -- Charity case -- Sweet sixteen -- Thanksgiving -- Nutcracker -- Driving Miss Dalia -- Out in the burbs -- Casino trip -- Sex and the suburbs -- Body -- Fire with fire -- Poetic injustice -- Independence Day -- Down time -- Entering Eden -- Hear no evil -- Great compromise -- Motherload.
Summary:
George Altman, a single father who decides to get away from New York City to the suburbs so he can give his teenage daughter, Tessa, a better life after he finds an unopened box of condoms in her drawer. However, their move to the suburbs has the daughter wondering if they just entered the world of 'The Stepford Wives' after they see how 'perfect' their new locale is, right down to the neighbors who welcome them into the cul-de-sac.
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