Passed over for a promotion at work and stressed out by family demands at home, desperate housewife Rita Clemens vows to set aside just two hours a week for quality personal time with the garage band she has formed with Patty, her postal carrier, her unemployed neighbor Owen and Kip, the slacker boyfriend of Rita's 16-year-old daughter, Hallie. Jay, Rita's businessman husband, is bemused at first, but he finally agrees to assume his share of parenting chores to allow Rita her much-needed musical interludes.