S1·E1 Episode 01

""Welcome to the town of Swans Crossing, where children grew up believing that the sun never set; rather, it was put into the family vault for the night.""

After this voiceover, we are introduced to the world of Swans Crossing, a wealthy New England town, which was founded in the 1692. Sydney Rutledge, the spoiled and manipulative rich girl, returns to Swans Crossing from horse camp, to find that not much is changed. However, she is surprised to see that Garrett Booth, her ex-flame and her equal in lying and deceiving, is back from boarding school in France. She, Garrett's sister, Glory, and Sandy Swan, an insecure aspiring singer, trail him to a clearing, where J.T. Adams and Neil Atwater, two young geniuses, are launching a rocket. The countdown begins, and Garrett begins to give Neil and J.T. a hard time. Just then, Sydney, Glory, and Sandy show up, just as Neil and J.T. begin the countdown again. Garrett begins to run towards Sydney just as the rocket goes off. Meanwhile, a su