La recent separada Meg Altman i la seva filla Sarah es muden a una luxosa mansió a Nova York. Però quan tres intrusos envaeixen brutalment casa seva, totes dues es tanquen a "l'habitació de l'antipànic", una càmera oculta construïda com a refugi, amb quatre murs de formigó, línia de telèfon independent, un conjunt de monitors que controlen tots els racons de la casa i una porta d'acer impenetrable.
El senyor Popper és un agent immobiliari que un dia rep un paquet amb un pingüí viu que li trastoca la vida completament. És l'últim souvenir dels que li envia el seu pare des dels llocs on va de viatge. Després, rep un altre paquet amb cinc pingüins més, que es veu obligat a quedar-se per no defraudar els seus fills, que se n'encapritxen. Conviure amb els pingüins i aconseguir la compra d'un edifici per a l'empresa on treballa no serà gens fàcil.
Una ballarina de burlesque ha de fugir per salvar un veí la vida del qual està amenaçada per la seva ex amant.
Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson), un metge que viu a la seva Maine natal, està casat amb Ruth Fowler (Sissy Spacek), professora de música coral. El seu únic fill, Frank (Nick Stahl), que està passant les vacances d’estiu a casa i treballa com a pescador de llagostes per pagar-se els estudis, manté una relació amorosa amb una mare separada (Marisa Tomei).
Laura Diamond, a brilliant NYPD homicide detective balances her “Columbo” day job with a crazy family life that includes two unruly twin boys and a soon-to-be ex-husband — also a cop — who just can't seem to sign the divorce papers. Between cleaning up after her boys and cleaning up the streets, she’d be the first to admit she has her “hot mess” moments in this hilariously authentic look at what it really means to be a “working mom” today. Somehow, she makes it all work with the help of her sexy and understanding partner, and things becomes even more complicated when her husband, ironically, becomes her boss at the precinct. For Laura, every day is a high-wire balancing act.
Omameda Towako recently become the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three troublemaker ex-husbands.
Desi and Cata find a body in the mansion they just finished cleaning. Horror. Panic. The police arrive. Wait a minute! Did a gypsy woman and a Mexican immigrant just clean up a crime scene? They’re the perfect culprits. Now they have to escape from the police. And also from Russian hitmen, a family of millionaires and an ex-husband with a mariachi band. Let's see how they get out of this mess.
Katherine's a single mom juggling her career, her tween daughter, her relationship with her boyfriend — and pondering getting pregnant with her ex.
Noor is a lawyer whose brother is mysteriously murdered. When she starts looking for his murderer, clues point to some of the people closest to him.
Lena loses both her job and husband on her 40th birthday. Now she has to start again - and deal with her ex-husband's new girlfriend.
