Midwestern housewife Dorothy "Dot" Lyon finds herself in hot water with the authorities after an unexpected series of events. North Dakota Sheriff Roy Tillman and his loyal but reckless son, Gator, have been searching for Dot for a long time and they enlist Ole Munch to hunt her down. With her deepest secrets beginning to unravel, Dot attempts to shield her family from her past, but her well-meaning husband, Wayne, keeps asking his mother, Lorraine Lyon, for help. A powerful CEO, Lorraine is unimpressed with her daughter-in-law, but when Dot's unusual behavior catches the attention of Minnesota Police Deputy Indira Olmstead and North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr, Lorraine appoints her consigliere, Danish Graves, to aid her. After all, family is family.