Malibu, CA

Episode Overview

After their divorced mother takes a job in Saudi Arabia, fraternal twins Sott and Jason Collins move from New York to Malibu to be with their father Peter, who runs a restaurant there called the Lighthouse. Both boys are immediately attracted to their neighbor Samantha and just as quickly start competing for her attention. Samantha's best friend Jennifer, or ""Stads"" as she's better known, starts developing a crush on Jason. Samantha is trying to stop Murray Updyke's rich father from drilling for oil near the beach, and to impress her, the boys plan to hold a fund-raiser for her campaign. The party is held at the Lighthouse on a night when Mr. Collins is away, and it quickly gets out of control, finally being broken up by the fire marshall. Peter Collins returns to find the mess the boys made. Unsure that he's ready to handle raising the duo, he plans to send them back to New York to live with their grandmother, but a talk with Murray convinces him not to. The money from the benefit hel