Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. After nearly two decades of silence, it is Charlene's unexpected phone call to Arthur - a plea for help - that jostles them into action.

Former academic Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't left his rambling Brooklyn home in a decade. After nearly two decades of silence, it is Charlene's unexpected phone call to Arthur - a plea for help - that jostles them into action.