 In LA s Fairfax district, where ethnic groups abound, four households celebrate Thanksgiving amidst family tensions. In the Nguyen family, the children s acculturation and immigrant parents  fears collide. In the Avila family, Isabel s son has invited her estranged husband to their family dinner. Audrey and Ron Williams want to keep their own family s ruptures secret from Ron s visiting mother. In the Seelig household, Herb and Ruth are unwilling to discuss openly their grown daughter s living with her lover, Carla. Around each table, things come to a head. A gun, an affair, a boyfriend, and a pregnancy precipitate crises forcing each family to find its center.