Nora is Jess’ older sister, a divorcée who has moved home with her 13-year-old boy, Dash, in order to tackle her long-term “dysthymia” (aka a constant low-grade depression that keeps her from enjoying the cottage cheese with Splenda that she lives on). Nora has the spirit of Eeyore but can ultimately tell when her sister is happy. Her precocious son, on the other hand, views the women in his family as a bit tragic.