Susan Dey plays May, s single mother who dreams of stardom in the LA neighborhood of Echo Park. To make ends meet, she takes a job as a stripper and rents out a room to Jonathan (Tom Hulce),asongwriter who immediately falls for her. But May's interest lies in the bodybuilder next-door (Michael Bowen). And even as the trio forms a fast friendship that supports them in the face of Hollywood's heartbreaks, Jonathan's jealousy threatens to destroy the only true family that any of them have in Echo Park.