The single mom struggling to make ends meet is a well-worn TV series premise. In “Broke,” a new comedy on CBS, the cliché is given a timely twist.
Reseda, Calif., mother Jackie (Pauley Perrette) receives the shock of her working-class life when her estranged sister Elizabeth (Natasha Leggero) shows up at her door one day, with her handsome Mexican husband Javier (Jaime Camil) and his assistant in tow.
What seems like a friendly family visit turns into a home invasion as Jackie learns that Javier and her sister are flat broke and plan on moving in.
It’s been years since the sisters have seen each other, and as for Javier, he puts on so many airs that he might as well be from another galaxy.
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