17-year-old Joshua"J" Cody goes with his freewheeling relatives into their Southern California beach town after his mum dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine"Smurf" Cody along with her right-hand Baz, who conducts the firm and calls the shots, the clan also is made up of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys. Craig, the fearless and tough centre son. And Deran, the distressed, suspicious"baby" of the household room.