As 1999 in Geschichte Falls, Michigan progresses, Chayne Kandzierski's love life hits a bump while Jackie Lewis arranges the wedding of the decade. Russell's long dormant feelings come to a head and Gilead Story is pursued by the enigmatic Mary Young. Death comes to Our Lady of Mercy High School while new characters tell their stories and seemingly unimportant ones rise to the fore. Next door to the Lewises, the Dwyer family spirals into chaos as Bill Dwyer seeks happiness and attempts to escape the depression of his marriage while his daughter, Cameron, begins a relationship with quarterback Chris Knapp. .Anigel Raez, Rob Keyes and Faye Matthison return to town to make their mark.The idealistic Brad Long, head of the indie band Chili Comet Sundae starts a new life with the help of his best friend and lead singer, Nehru Alexander and Jill and Cody Barnard interrupt Russell's normal life, late one summer night which begins a change in the virginal and steady Russell Lewis's life will not only carry him into a new world, put nearly tip him from the edge of it.