Based on actual events. The story of Dr. MacNeill and the incredible life he led with his former beauty queen wife, Michele and their eight children. A pillar of the community, he was respected and loved by all especially by his daughter Alexis who adored him and even wanted to follow in his footsteps to become a doctor. But everything soon changes after Dr. MacNeill convinces Michele to have plastic surgery, ultimately leading to her drowning while on prescription medication. Just a few short weeks after his wife's suspicious death, he brings home a new live-in "nanny" for his children but who is in actuality his mistress.