Mafijski šef Paul Vitti bo v kratkem izpuščen iz zapora. Agenti FBI, ki ga pazljivo opazujejo, so čisto zmedeni. Le zakaj Paul v svoji sobi cele dneve poje pesmice? Po odgovore se zatečejo k Paulovemu bivšemu psihiatru Benu Soblu, a tudi on ne ve, kaj se dogaja. Ben sklene, da ga ne bo sprejel v terapijo, saj ima zvrhan kup lastnih problemov. Nato Paulu odobrijo pogojni izpust, pod pogojem, da Ben postane njegov skrbnik. Toda Paul tokrat ne bo le njegov pacient. Ben bo moral živeti z njim v svoji hiši.
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.