Following his father's suicide, Johnny Miller's life descends into chaos thanks to drug and alcohol abuse. He gets himself into rehab and comes out of it with a chance for a fresh start.
Johnny's friend Tess from rehab moves to Palm Springs, showing no sign of rehabilitation. She makes a scene at a country club, embarrassing Johnny, who happens to be on his first date with the mysterious Greta.
Johnny tries to get to the bottom of mysterious text messages that appear to be coming from dead Eddie even at the risk of hurting his budding romance with Greta. Meanwhile, Nikki throws a wild, impromptu house party which sets the stage for Johnny and Cliff to duke it out.
Johnny tries to get to the bottom of the mysterious instant messages and discovers that Liza is the source. Meanwhile, Cliff comes up with a way to rid himself of Travis, Jesse Jo and Nikki get closer; and, Greta confesses to Johnny that she slept with Cliff the night Eddie died.
Liza reveals that Greta and Cliff left Eddie's house together the night he died and she devises a plan to get proof that Cliff was involved by breaking into his house. Meanwhile, Greta's alcoholic father comes into town.
Johnny confronts Greta about the bloody angel costume Liza found in Cliff's room. Greta confesses she and Cliff found Eddie's body in his room and then fled but not for the reasons Johnny thinks. Meanwhile, at Tess's birthday bash, Nikki catches Cliff kissing Mrs. Nolan and dumps him.
Johnny tells Greta and Liza about Cliff's affair with Maria Nolan, causing them all to conclude that Cliff had a motive to kill Eddie. However, after Johnny finds a video of Liza and Eddie kissing, he decides he can't trust anyone. Meanwhile, Cliff tries to win Nikki back while fending off Maria's advances. Tess and Skip continue their courting dance.
Convinced that Maria is guilty of killing her son, Johnny asks Cliff to help retrieve incriminating evidence he believes is on Eddie's laptop. Cliff fakes reconciliation with Maria to get inside her house but she kicks him out when he gets too close to the computer. Determined to find evidence against Maria, Liza breaks into her house and is stunned by what she finds.