When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at her local Iowa airport, she literally doesn't recognise him.The once slim, hip New York jazz pianist has gained hundreds of pounds.What happened? Worse, Edison's slovenly habits, appalling diet, and know-it-all monologues drive her health-and-fitness freak husband insane. Fletcher delivers his wife an ultimatum: it's him or me. Putting her marriage and two adoptive children on the line, Pandora chooses her brother – who, without her support in losing weight, will surely eat himself into an early grave.