Amid soaring housing prices, a cratering job market and escalating inflation, Lynette is trying to buy the house to give the family permanence and keep social services away from Kenny. “I just want to have one win,” she says, encapsulating countless stories of working-class Americans living hand-to-mouth. Their landlord, David (J. Claude Deering), has cut them a deal to buy the house, which Lynette recognizes as their best — perhaps last — chance of stability. But she needs Doreen to cover the downpayment.