Our Idiot Brother plot
"Everybody has one"
Ned (Rudd) sees the good in every situation and in everyone, often causing him to clash with the rest of the world – especially with his family. After serving time as punishment for marijuana dealing, Ned moves in with his oldest sister Liz (Mortimer), a high-strung mother of two. He helps raise her seven-year-old son River, but his version of what's funny for kids doesn't match his sister's. After turning Liz's life upside down, he moves in with middle sister Miranda (Banks), a passionate journalist. He soon makes a mess of her big break and disrupts her carefully built love life. He then has to go to his youngest sister Natalie (Deschanel), whose wild past as a child threatens to destroy her happiness. Everywhere Ned goes, he leaves behind chaos, but ultimately also a tinge of truth and happiness.