Town and Out

Town and Out is the pilot episode of Southerners in the City.

Plot
Ed Barnum is a police officer and father of two living in Nashville, Tennessee. His wife, Marcia is an overworked mother who homeschools the kids. Dylan, Ed and Marsha's son is a teenage breakdancer. Ed's foulmouthed father, Thomas, recently evicted from a nursing home for sexally harrasing a nurse, lives with the family. Sally, the daughter of Ed and Marcia and the youngest of the family, is an inspiring model.

Ed gets a job offer from the New York Police Department to be their newest cop and he accepts the offer. Which means that the family is going to have to move to New York. When he announced the good news, they were very happy for him, in fact, they all thought that New York is beautiful place full of nice people, great opportunities, and comfy homes. Since the journey from Tennessee to New York is far away, they decided to move by airplane. After they arrived, the family has poor first experiences: the new apartment is cramped and old, moving van is misdirected and their luggage was misplaced. So, while Marcia goes out shopping for new clothes, she gets trampled and beaten by crazed shoppers.

Meanwhile, Ed goes to the police station where he meets the chief of police, Harrison Brooker. He gets 911 call that a hooker was abducted by some old man. They later rescued the hooker and the abductor is Thomas. The hooker decided not to press charges since Thomas gave her "the best night of her life".

Dylan sees some breakdancers outside and decided to show them his dance moves. They were all fascinated by his dancing and decided to have him join their gang. Sally starts her freshman year in high school where she gets bullied by Samantha Genovese, granddaughter of crime boss, Tony Genovese.

After several misfortunes, the family survived their day. Ed knows that family has had a rough start, but he knows that things will get better for the family...hopefully.

In a mid-credits scene, Thomas pays the hooker he fucked with money that be got from a mafia racketeer.