 Muriel is a laid back freelance photographer, having been a lead singer of a band in her earlier days.They have two grown children, older daughter, brunette Jackie (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) who works for a bank and younger daughter Sara (Lydia Cornell), a blonde bombshell and a college student at San Francisco State University.At the start of the premiere episode, Jackie and Sara are living with their parents in a cramped, awkward arrangement.