The Oranges

Married couples David and Paige Walling and Terry and Cathy Ostroff are longtime "neighbors across the street" in suburban West Orange, New Jersey, and best friends who do everything together. They both outwardly present that their marriages are perfect, but David copes by hiding from Paige and her little pet projects (like her Christmas carolers who start rehearsing in the summer) in his man cave; and controlling Cathy only pretends to listen to Terry while he rambles on, especially about his many gadgets. Of their combined three now-young-adult offspring, only 24-year-old design-school grad Vanessa Walling still lives at home, working on her portfolio before getting a designing job and apartment in the city. Vanessa and the Ostroffs' only offspring, 24-year-old Nina, were best friends while growing up, but Vanessa now thinks Nina is a self-absorbed bitch. Nina left home supposedly for good five years ago to travel the world, and currently lives in San Francisco with her new fiance', artist Ethan, which doesn't sit well with Cathy. With no plan beyond the actually holiday day, Nina unexpectedly comes home for Thanksgiving, having just broken up with unfaithful Ethan. Cathy senses an opportunity as the Wallings' son Toby, who works for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, is also coming home for Thanksgiving. Cathy would love to see her only daughter marry her best friends' son--but quite another relationship develops between the two families over the holidays. When this relationship comes to light, it causes an upheaval in both families, but it also makes each Walling and Ostroff truly and critically evaluate whether they are happy, whether happiness as an end justifies any means, and whether those means should be viewed under the lens of social norms.