Marla Stout is tired, aging and unemployed. It seems like she's always suffering. Whether it's the passing of her beloved older sister or her long history with untrustworthy men, now she's battling a roach infested tenement in a slumlord run building in Chicago. What more can break Marla down? It's not until she rolls the dice and hires a friendly exterminator named Jim that things begin to look up. Jim frees her apartment of the roaches and a unexpected kinship develops between them. Where will it go? Grateful for Jim's help, Marla invites him to a nice Sunday dinner where he meets her fun loving, but obviously dysfunctional family. While the family is having dessert, Marla's famous peach cobbler, a shocking and embarrassing incident occurs that threatens to end the peace of mind Marla has finally found.