The Greeley family is scrambling to keep secrets, but Lily Greeley McAllister is looking for answers after a drifter named Phil Parker kills himself in the family's Pasadena estate. 
     Lily is home alone (well, almost - her little brother is upstairs with headdphones on) when a vagrant intruder enters the house and kills himself in the living room. Lily's parents return home from a black-tie affair, and the cover-up begins.
     Lily's uncle Robert steps in to handle a blonde problem that has come between her icily genial parents, Will and Catherine.
     Nate, Catherine's younger brother, resorts to theft after his trust fund is frozen. 

     Lily and Henry continue to investigate Phillip Parker's suicide. Lily learns about a connection between her mother and Phillip. Henry smells a rat after Catherine tells Lily a tale about Phillip Parker.
     George must choose between Robert and Will to succeed him at The Sun. George picks an unlikely replacement to take over The Sun.
     Robert takes drastic action to scare Nate straight.
     Beth begins to explore her spiritual horizons after uncovering her new lover's Jewish roots. Beth's choice of a boyfriend angers Lillian.
     The McAllisters deal with an unwanted houseguest.

Catherine takes an odd interest in Henry, who finally reveals what — and who — he's after in Pasadena; Beth pays for trying to take care of Nate; Robert is taken aback by his father's plan for The Sun; and Will's ex-mistress is set to take a fall after she's irks the wrong Greeley. 

Robert brings a surprise date to George's retirement party; Henry awaits the arrival of a long-lost relative; Beth forms an instant connection to Henry's brother Tom; Nate's confession embarrasses everyone.

Catherine becomes deeply interested in Henry; Robert seethes over Will's success at the paper; Beth finds love with Henry's brother Tom; Nate hits rock bottom.

The Phil Parker mystery is a gateway to other mysteries. It won't take the whole season to resolve it, but its the domino to more mysteries.

Lily will be key in trying to unravel the mysteries of her family, with the help of school mate Henry Bellow, who doesn't mince words when he informs her the Greeleys are "the WASP Corleones."