Plastic surgeon Dr. Sydney Hansen returns to her hometown of Providence, Rhode Island, to attend her pregnant sister Joanie's wedding, but realizes that her emotionally distant veterinarian father, her rascal of a baby brother and her high maintenance sister need her more than her glitzy Beverly Hills patients. In Providence, Sydney finds work in a low-income medical clinic.
Sydney steps in to help one of Joanie's friends with an addiction problem. Jim and Robbie commit a crime to try and save a sick chimpanzee.
Sydney gets pressured by her ex to return to Los Angeles. Sydney has a hard time dealing with a ill baby.
Joanie makes up her mind to marry the father of her child and Sydney tries to make the wedding as good as it can be.
Robbie develops a crush on a sporty girl. Sydney and Joanie learn of their father's new romance.
Sydney has an odd blind date even as an ill Jim comes under the belief that he can talk to the animals.
Sydney is approached by a stripper tired of her trade to perform a breast reduction procedure. Robbie has problems with his gambling.
Sydney has a chance to secure vast funds for the clinic if she agrees to spend time with the billionaire offering it. Joanie starts cooking school. Robbie gets beat up and loses his girlfriend's trust because of his gambling.
Jim is all that stands between a large pig and a luau fire. Sydney learns more than she expected about Dr. Marcus, but less than necessary from one of her patients.
When Syd reaches out to a teen, it makes things difficult with the foster family. Joanie receives a job offer in Japan to make her chowder. Robbie's attempt to make spare cash by loaning a poodle patient to a television commercial doesn't go as planned.
Robbie tries to help Joanie out by featuring her chowder, but does so without his boss's permission. Sydney gives Lilly a place to stay after she's rejected by her foster parents, but immediately wonders if she's done the right thing.
Sydney tries to help an athlete who is being pushed hard by his father. Jim takes care of a mobster's dog as the mobster's son makes eyes with Sydney.
Sydney tries to avoid being romantically entangled with a man who is in a Mob family. Joanie worries about her boyfriend's attitude towards her daughter.
Sydney and her father disagree about her relationship with Paul when it becomes known that he's being investigated for his ties to the mob. Robbie and Joanie team up on a Barkery commercial.
Kyle's visit with Sydney goes from joy to concern when he seeks medical advice. The past that Lilly has tried to leave behind takes her back into that life with deadly repercussions.