South Beach - Season 1 (2007)

On Sunday everybody in South Beach goes to Antonio's salsa-club, even Elisabeth, who takes Matt there. Just then a model with an overdose falls into the pool; a cop on the take steps in, says to Antonio that's what he needed protection for and closes his club- he remigrates to Brazil. Elisabeth tells Matt screening their own public, a delicate balance, is the only way to avoid the same fate, and puts Matt in charge; he also starts a detailed investigation of the girl's fate, after learning from Arri how uncertain a model's future is, and tries to get her another ...

Elisabeth and her son are both looking for a buyer for the super-de-luxe, super-expensive penthouse; Fuentes intends to buy it via a middleman. Matt's dad Charlie, who squandered his college savings gambling, turns up claiming to be in group therapy and gets another chance after helping Matt laying carpet, but it soon becomes clear he hasn't dealt with his past. Worse, he has loan shark-bookie goons in his tracks, who he put on Vince's trace; Matt makes him choose between cards and his son, and is ignored. Even though Vince confesses his own gambling past and insists ...

It's fashion week, a very busy time in Southbeach. Mat is flat-out with the planned catwalk at the pool; Elisabeth is courted by a designer. The corrupt police Lieutenant Rivera finds drugs in a truckload of mannequins for Fuentes. Vince cheerfully learns Italian for his cover in Fuentes's service; his task is to wait alone on the yacht, but he invites some girls for a party which spontaneously turns huge. Arielle is approached by slick fan Steven from New York; Alex attacks him without any proof. Vince wakes up drunk on board, facing the cop's pistol...

Vince sees a society wedding as the right time to return to his normal sexual mode now he's tired of fickle Brianna: jump every female which moves- even the bride Hayley, and at Matts place. Ari hesitates whether to accept nude modeling. Fuentes is shot at by an unknown while Alex' guest in the club, consults a voodoo card-layer and orders a search for the -presumably drowned- bad cop Rivera. Elizabeth insists Matt makes the bride show up. Alex is tired of his impossible to please mothers nagging and quits; once drunk even Matt calls her a controlling bitch, but she ...

Matt is getting very close with Maggie, and feels she should go public with her musical talent. Vincent finds Fuentes takes elaborate safety precautions after the failed attempt on his life. After leaving Noctural, Alex Bauer acts as Ariels manager as shampoo campaign model. Once selected, she insists Matt comes help celebrate at Nocturnal and brings his Maggie, despite Alex, who gives them his blessing and helps Maggies music being discovered so as to have Ari for himself. Fuentes survives an attempt on his life by two men, they don't.

The spoiled girlfriends complain: Brianna because Vince is sometimes away for long working for his boss Fuentes, whose superstition makes him draw a gun on Vince, Maggie because Alex Bauer only works on her career now she's hot in the market rather then spend a fun day, while Elisabeth didn't even know he's her manager now. Vince is afraid of Fuentes and tells Matt to get him a legit job at Nocturnal so he can quit the gangster, and he proves a fine barman- he gets a shot, has an instant female fan club, but must get Fuentes to let him go and stay away from the hotel....