Condo

James Kirkridge (Stevenson) was a middle-aged insurance salesman who was experiencing a gradual reversal in finances, so much that he and his wife Kiki (Brooke Alderson) had to put up their rambling, palatial house in the suburbs up for sale, and downsize. Jesus "Jessie" Rodriguez (Avalos), a native of the Los Angeles barrio, had recently become successful as the owner of a landscaping business, enabling him and his wife Maria (Yvonne Wilder) to trade up to a more upscale neighborhood. Both couples ended up purchasing condominium units right outside a quaint Los Angeles-area fairway, and became each other's next-door neighbors. The white-bread Kirkridges at first mistook the Rodriguezes as the groundskeepers, but when Jessie informed them that he and his clan were in fact owners of the condo next door, wariness and bigotry ensued, mainly between staunch traditionalist James, a WASP, and the hot-headed, Roman Catholic Jessie, who had no patience for out-of-touch whites. Kiki, slightly daffy but strong enough to keep James from stepping out of line, was a little more accepting of her Hispanic neighbors, but found culture shock causing occasional friction between her and feisty Maria especially.

James Kirkridge, agent d'assurance aisé, voit ses revenus baisser et est obligé d'emménager avec sa famille en banlieue. Il découvre alors que ses voisins sont des latino qui ont, à la force de leur travail, pu bénéficier de l'ascenseur social et s'installer dans un environnement plus luxueux. Mais le choc des cultures et les préjugés racistes de James mettent à mal leurs relations...

Serie de corte humorístico, de trece episodios, que refleja las relaciones entre norteamericanos e hispanos, tomando como prototipos a las familias Kirkridge y Rodriguez.

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