Leo Russo, played by Ray Romano, lives a simple life in Queens, New York, with his wife Angela, played by Laurie Metcalf, their shy but talented son “Sticks,” played by Jacob Ward, and Leo’s close-knit network of Italian-American relatives and neighborhood friends.

Romano directs Somewhere in Queens. Happy enough working at the family construction business alongside his father, played by Tony Lo Bianco, and younger brother, played by Sebastian Maniscalco, Leo lives each week for Sticks’ high-school basketball games, never missing a chance to cheer on his only child as he rules the court as a star athlete.

When the high-school senior gets an incredible and life-changing opportunity to play basketball in college, Leo jumps to provide a plan for his future away from the family construction business.

But when sudden heartbreak threatens to derail Sticks, Leo goes to incredible lengths to keep his son on this ideal path.