Cornelius and Bella McCorkle have just buried their eldest gay son during the Christmas holiday. During a ranging storm Cornelius gets drunk and forces Bella to disclose, where she has saved the money, she has inherited from her grandfather. Bella suffers from dementia and refuses to cooperate, wherefore Cornelius threatens to have her institutionalized just as he did with their only daughter Joanie. To her rescue comes their youngest son Charlie followed by his new pregnant fiancée Stacey…
