The white elephant looms large over the town of Willard Park. A newly constructed behemoth of a home, it towers over the quaint houses, including Allison and Ted Miller's tiny hundred-year-old home. When owner Nick Cox cuts down the Millers’ precious red maple --- in an effort to make his unsightly property more appealing to buyers --- their once serene town becomes a battleground. Meanwhile, Allison finds herself compulsively drawn to the man who threatens to upend her quietly organized life. A lawyer with a pot habit and a serious mid-life crisis skirts his responsibilities. And in a quest for popularity, a teenage girl gets caught up in a not-so-harmless prank. Newcomers and longtime residents alike clash in conflicting pursuits of the American Dream, with trees mysteriously uprooted, fingers pointed and lines drawn.