Set in Los Angeles in the early 2000s, Smoking Tigers is a portrait of a lonely Korean American teen named Hayoung who is taken under the wings of three wealthy students she meets at an elite academic boot camp. As she falls deeper into their world, Hayoung works harder to hide her insecurities about her problematic family and lower-income background, only to discover the bittersweet pains of adulthood that will forever shape her life.

一名生殖医学医生喝醉酒，竟用前男友的精子为自己人工授精。这下她怀孕了却有理说不清，只好想办法把对方追回来。

社工蒂塔的家里住着太多边缘人：女友的两个女儿，一个人小鬼大满腹疑问，一个叛逆少女对世界愤恨；室友东尼在交友软件不停寻找下任，这次钓上的小鲜肉还算亲切诚恳；还有三两成群的离家女同志们，整天吵吵闹闹也勉强凑成一家人。直到女友诊断出癌症，蒂塔被迫负起母亲的责任，不仅为了收养得 跟东尼假结婚，还得对外人掩盖家中混居的复杂身份，身在作风保守的马其顿，他们该怎么维持这个拼凑家庭的平衡？