Veronica Mars住在加利福尼亚的海边一个超富裕的社区小镇Eptune，这里住着百万富翁和为百万富翁工作的人们。当然，Veronica就属于第二类，她的老爹Keith是镇上的sheriff，老美的sheriff 可和警察有点不一样的，虽然都是执法人员，在编制上 sheriff 可谓是“民办” 的。虽然是第二类，但是Veronica在学校还是过的不错，因为她的男友Duncan是镇上亿万富翁的儿子。生活似乎过的不错，但是突然一切都变了，先是男友没有征兆没有理由的和她分了手，然后最好的朋友Lilly——也是前男友的姐姐死了，老爹为了调查谋杀案丢了工作，现在成了私人侦探，老妈也离家出走了，自己的一次聚会上被下了药迷奸了，用Veronica自己的话来说就是Life is a bitch, until you die。生活变了，朋友也变了。
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.
The plot revolves around Richard Bean (Kline), a Broadway star known for his egotism, who experiences a public breakdown and retreats to his hometown. After returning to the family-run theater where he first discovered his talent, he finds his father, the former artistic director, suffering from dementia. The theater, now reduced to a dinner theater serving murder mysteries, is run by his brother (Tenney) and sister-in-law, who is also the town’s mayor. Determined to restore the theater’s former glory, Richard plans to stage a great American classic, with himself as director and star, in an effort to save both the theater and the town.
