After being severly hurt in a horse-riding accident, the family patriarch Bertram depends on a healthcare facility bed plotting vengeance versus Mel, the 4 legged "adversary" he criticizes for putting him there. So when his eldest child Kate concerns check out, the dad has but one demand "Fire that equine!" On the other hand back at the house, Kate's mom is losing her grip on truth and also Kate's sis Rita has her very own issues with a teenage child who has actually recently discovered alcohol as well as children. Between her ornery daddy, her fed up sibling, her wild niece and her spaced out mother, Minnesotan transformed New Yorker Kate remains in for one helluva family members visit!