This show always pushes things a little too far, even for a high class soap. This time it was the mailman. Apart from the fact that mail carriers in upscale suburbs stay in their trucks and don't have time to shoot the breeze with random residents, much less stop by to bring in perishables they spot on the doorstep…

@the_rocket-man, if you're looking for realism, sitcoms are not the place for you. And I assure you, in a town like Westport, renting a merely large colonial could make anyone feel inadequate.