Hidden Palms

Johnny Miller (Taylor Handley, “The O.C”) was a happy, well-adjusted 15-year-old with good grades and a room full of sports trophies until the terrible night when his father committed suicide. Now, Johnny lives in the surreal, sun-drenched city of Palm Springs with his mother and her new husband.

On the outside, Palm Springs is a shimmering paradise of resorts, swimming pools, golf courses and country clubs. But he quickly discovers that this paradise isn’t quite what it seems when he meets his next-door neighbours: Cliff (Michael Cassidy, “The O.C.”), a handsome high school junior whose considerable charm can’t quite hide his disturbing dark side; and Cliff's mother, Tess (Sharon Lawrence, “NYPD Blue”), a former Southern beauty queen with a taste for younger men.

As Johnny learns the secrets that lie just beneath the surface of this seemingly typical neighbourhood, he and his family are forced to ask the question: how well do you really know the people who live right next door?