 A year after his father s fatal accident, Joe Roman returns to Philadelphia to collect his share of his Dad s estate, a car customizing business. His reunion with Claire and his half-brothers is a little rocky. Despite her best efforts, Claire is struggling to keep the business afloat. Fifteen-year-old Matt, tormented by a number of teen crises both real and imagined, harbors a lot of resentment toward Joe. And Andy, a wildly imaginative seven-year-old, can t quite hide his need for a father figure. It doesn t take Joe long to realize how much he s needed, so he accepts Claire s offer to move in and work in the family business. Downstairs in the garage, Joe works alongside his father s pit-crew chief, the slightly scrambled Lloyd, and Lou, a feisty conceptual artist/mechanic. The romantic tension between Lou and Joe grows as the two try to maintain a working relationship. Upstairs, Joe is becoming a part of the family he never knew, with all the adjustments, responsibilities, joys and heartaches that a family has.