Krissy and Brendan want a natural birth. In New York City, parents have two weeks from their due date before doctors must induce. Today is Krissy and Brendan's due date and they'll try anything to avoid inducing now that they're overdue.

In 1980, Queens, New York, a young Jewish boy befriends a rebellious African-American classmate to the disapproval of his privileged family and begins to reckon with growing up in a world of inequality and prejudice.