Plot Synopsis

WORKING THE ENGELS is a half-hour comedy series that centers on the Engels, a family who must band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away and leaves them a mountain of debt. The Engels must all go to work running Dad's storefront law firm, with one minor problem -- daughter Jenna is the only one who is qualified to practice law. After the accidental suicide attempt of their mother, the youngest member of the Engel family, Jenna, eaves her job at a big corporate law firm to take over her late father's law practice with help from her sweet ex-con brother, Jimmy; narcissistic mother, Ceil; and self-help obsessed sister, Sandy. NBC aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 9:30pm ET/PT.