Gwengrowsupwithherromanticmotherconstantlytellingherthestoryofhercourtshipandmarriagetoherfather.Nickgrowsupwithanalcoholicfatherwhocan'tholdajobandwhosefamily,asaresult,isforcedtomoveallthetime.Thetwoareshapedbythis-GwenaromanticandNickwithdrawn,unsureofhimself-astheywatchthehugelypopularsixtiessitcom,OneBigHappyFamily.Yearslater,itisthestarofthatshow,nowachildactorgonebadwithahistoryofdetoxandpeoplealwayssaying,Ithoughtshewasdead,FrancescaLanfield,whoconnectsthetwoofthem,afteryearsofnear-missesandalmostencounters.Gwenishiredtoghost-writeFrancesca'sautobiography,whileNick,becomingherlover,isthearchitectwhoistodesignabuildingonFrancesca'sproperty.WhenGwendecidestocrusadetosaveFrancesca'sbuilding,shewritesletterstothenewspaperwhichcatchesNick'sattention-andwinshisheart.