LA cop Daniel Henderson (Brian McNamara) makes a living by working for the vice squad until one day, tragedy strikes and his wife is killed in a freak Greenpeace accident. Feeling lost and left alone to raise his teenage son Atticus (Vincent Berry), Henderson takes up the job of sheriff of Manhattan, AZ-a town so small it's not even on the map. Once in Manhattan, Henderson is confronted by the town's mayor, Jake Manhattan (Chad Everett), who has stretched the truth a little about the town and Henderson's role in it. Henderson quickly finds that social graces and physical laws are very different in the quirky desert town of Manhattan, AZ.