THE TENENBAUM KIDS WERE ALL ONCE CHILD PRODIGIES, DESPITEGROWING UP WITH AN INEFFECTIVE FATHER. DETERMINED TO MAKETHINGS RIGHT THAT HE HAS A ESTRANGED FAMILY. ROYAL TENENBAUMANNOUNCES YEARS LATER THAT HE HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND MOVESBACK INTO HIS WIFES HOUSE WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE ALSO LIVING.