Malia James is getting remarried. It is years after her husband, Jonathan James, died while he was captaining the US Navy during World War II. Garret Calamame, Malia's fiance, is struggling to gain the acceptance of Malia's seven children. The first year together is rocky, but as the next year passes, the children realize that maybe Garret wouldn't be so bad. Despite thinking that their mother was trying to replace their real father, the children grow closer to Garret than they'd ever been with their father.
Percy Valentine takes care of Ryland Brooks. That's the way it's always been. They met when they costarred on a generic family sitcom when Riley was just 7 years old and Percy was 9. They stayed together when things imploded 10 years later because that's what made sense.
But now it's been 5 more years.
Percy has a baby and a routinely failing relationship. Riley has a substance use problem that really just stacks on top of all his other problems. What they've had together isn't sustainable anymore.
And that's just where things begin.
Abuse, trauma, pain, and growing up in the spotlight. It's about what happens when you're on top of the world, and then when you're not.