Nick is a young, carefree bachelor in New Jersey who spends nearly every Sunday afternoon visiting and dining with either of his two sets of grandparents, who are ethnic Italians.
One Thursday he makes an unscheduled visit to announce that his corporate employer will be promoting and relocating him to Seattle, Washington, in a few months.
Without telling him, they invite a young Irish woman named Caitlin to join them at the next dinner, hoping the two will bond and Nick will remain in the area.
This disgusts Caitlin, and following her departure Nick yells at his grandparents, berating them at their attempts to control his life.
His grandparents try a variety of methods to cheer him up, first by playing Trivial Pursuit, then by Nunzio telling a thoroughly exaggerated story of how he and Emma met.