Charley's therapist appointment brings to light childhood issues. Nova reunites with Dr. Robert Dubois. Davis meets an intriguing singer. Ralph Angel meets an old friend during a high-pressured situation. Darla finds an unexpected job.
The series follows the lives of three siblings in rural Louisiana: Nova Bordelon, a formidable journalist and activist from New Orleans; Charley Bordelon, a working wife and mother in Los Angeles; and their brother, Ralph Angel Bordelon, a single parent struggling with unemployment and raising his son alone. Their father has recently died and unexpectedly bequeathed to Charley an 800-acre sugarcane farm in Louisiana. Recently divorced, she takes her teen-aged son Micah and moves to the heart of rural Louisiana to operate the farm.