Darlene's life consisted of several huge hurdles that she somehow got over. The first hurdle is taking place and living in Darlene's head. She has a couple of habits and needs to desperately make some changes. Her father has issues also with his heart, two trips to the emergency room with health issues. There was a third issue with Darlene's father having chest pains that dwarfed into a heart attack. He never comes back home with his wife, Sandra. Darlene spends more time with her mom because she is lost at home alone. Along with Darlene's troubles, her friend Debbie has her plate so full it's running over. Her troubles start with her the ex-husband recruiting their friend Susan to set them up with two men and the ex-husband, John, hires two other guys to watch Debbie. With custody court coming up, he wanted her to look really trashy by having a date with a man and then having one of these two men trying to hook up with the two ladies. Everything works out for the best, though, Darlene is closer to her Mom and Debbie has full custody of her kids and the two thugs are in prison for a very long time and finally Darlene's hurdles to her don't look so fearsome. She has moved on and so did everyone involved.