Comic Jerrod Carmichael's relationships with his family and his girlfriend are charted in this sitcom. The opinionated North Carolina family members include Carmichael's old-school father and religious mother, and they navigate various hot-button topics, including police protests, guns and religion.

When Maxine finds Jerrod's attitude about gender roles is more traditional than she'd thought she challenges those notions, sending the Carmichael men to prove their masculinity by fixing the roof while Maxine tries to prove to Cynthia that a woman can change a tire without a man's help.