Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
Al is excited when Bud decides to move out, but a bit disappointed when Bud moves back in to the basement, and even more horrified when Peg's mother comes to live with them after splitting up with Peg's father.