A Cometary event has caused the moon to split into three seperate pieces, and the world's leading scientists are trying to predict how long it will be until the moons crash into earth. Because of this event, everybody has decided to live life to the fullest, especially the Davis Family as The father skips town to climb the albs, leaving his family penniless, teenager Alex is romanced by the twenty-something next door, Lydia burns down her school gym trying to cast a spell to fix the moons, and Laura herself is just trying to live a normal life. Meanwhile Mack (a local Lawyer) tries to convince his mother he doesn't want to take a 6 month cruise around the world

A stubborn landowner hires Mack to represent him in a land dispute with a yuppie couple, while Mack's old flame comes back into town. Meanwhile, the family's house is reposessed and they are forced to move into their father's tent. Alex takes it upon himself to find the family new living arrangements while him and his sister start at a new school.

Laura's marriage to Carl makes her a target of the IRS; Lydia goes to extremes to get closer to Jonah; and Michelle searches for a mate online.