Karen-Eileen Gordon

Larry's offer to help with Cheryl's recently deceased aunt's obituary results in a shockingly profane misspelling.

Ike Evans, owner of Miami Beach’s most glamorous hotel, needs his 1958 New Year’s Eve concert to be a smash in order to keep his seemingly perfect world spinning. When he strikes a deal with the devil – local mobster Ben Diamond – to ensure success, Ike unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that will unravel his life and threaten his beloved family.

While Ike grapples with the disappearance of his friend Mike Strauss, Miami’s DA Jack Klein decides the best way to attack organized crime is through the lobby of the Miramar Playa Hotel…and the best way into the Miramar Playa may be through Ike’s law-student son, Danny. Meanwhile, Stevie Evans’ affair with mob-boss wife Lily Diamond heats up. Daughter Lauren’s bat mitzvah is the only bright spot in Ike’s increasingly complicated world.

Ike and DA Jack Klein face off after Jack interrupts Mike Strauss’s funeral to seize his body as evidence. Vera reveals political savvy in securing Jackie Kennedy as her charity luncheon co-host but laments not yet having her own children with Ike. While hotel general manager Victor reaches out to mysterious new friends to help get his wife out of Cuba, Ben Diamond brings in a professional to tie up loose ends. When Danny is attacked during a hotel break-in, Ike vows to go to any lengths necessary to protect those he holds dear.

Seeking redemption for the murder of Mike Strauss, Ike is determined to save call girl Judi Silver from the wrath of Ben Diamond. Meanwhile, Dave — the diving act at the Miramar Playa Hotel by day and burglar by night — revels in the stolen Polaroid’s that prove Stevie is having an affair with Lily. Vera tries a mystical approach to getting pregnant, while Danny and housekeeper Mercedes advance their sweet mutual crush with a first kiss. Jack Klein ramps up his investigation just as Ike crosses a moral line that will put him right in the DA’s sights.