The second season begins with Sean and Christian both turning 40, and Christian playing father for Wilbur, who Gina is letting him take care of, until Wilburs real father fights him for custody. Sean and Julia are quite happy together again until Christians loneliness after Wilbur was taken away from him causes her to reveal that Matt is really his son. The secret ripples and eventually Sean finds out, causing a separation between Sean and Julia. He and Christian find a way to stay friends. A serial rapist named the Carver has been raping victims around Miami, and slices their face, and Sean makes a commitment to fixing their faces. Ava, a life coach for Sean and Julia, forms a sexual relationship with Matt, which is doomed from the beginning due to a wide age gap and Avas screwed up son Adrian.
The quietest towns always hide the ugliest secrets.The stormy relationship of a young teenage boy with his troubled older brother is told in an extended flashback segment bookended by what happens when the two meet again 15 years later. Edward (Nick Stahl) is a young teen living in a family the father abandoned years before and where the mother (Susan Dey) has become a Christian fundamentalist and courts a self-righteous school principal (Sam Elliot) . In this setting, Edward tries to come to grips with his feelings towards the brother he both loves and fears, while struggling to protect his family and others from his brothers wrath. Written by Sean Parlaman {seanpar@efn.org}
