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Knights Ridge, MA is a small, blue-collar college town. Nick Garrett leaves at age 18 to go travel around Europe for six weeks. He doesn't return for ten years, leaving behind his widower father, younger brother, girlfriend, and his group of lifelong buddies. During his time away, he became a highly successful author, using his hometown and friends as fodder for his book. While suffering a bout of writer's block, he receives an offer to return to Knights Ridge and give a seminar at the nearby college. Upon his return, he finds that his ex-girlfriend has a ten-year old son named Sam and is engaged to Nick's longtime nemesis, Big Cat. His father and brother are shut-ins, one of his close friends has become severely agoraphobic and hasn't left the house in years, and very few people in town are happy about Nick's return.
 
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* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Played straight and averted by Eddie. He was known for bedding the cheerleaders and a succession of pretty women. He then starts dating Janet, who is quite the opposite of Eddie's usual tastes.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
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* [[Cleaning Up Romantic Loose Ends]]: What the post-cancellation epilogue does.
* [[December December Romance]]: Between the Commander and the Dean.
* [[Distant Finale]]: Because the show was re-canceled after its second season, the show had several unresolved arcs, namely [[WhosWho's Your Daddy?|who is Sam's father]]. Most of the cast came back, without pay, to film a 15-minute seven-years-in-the-future finale where {{spoiler|a now 17-year old Sam has graduated high school and is going to spend the summer abroad in Europe, Nick is revealed to be Sam's father, Janet and Eddie have reconciled, Physical Phil has recovered from his agoraphobia and is still with Pizza Girl (whose name is revealed), the Commander has died, and Ronnie and Aubrey have married and are expecting a child. We don't find out if Owen and Allison got back together, as Brad William Henke was unavailable for filming due to his part on [[Lost]]}}
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him]]: {{spoiler|According to the epilogue, the Commander didn't beat his cancer.}}
* [[Evil Plan]]: {{spoiler|Big Cat's ex-wife intentionally provokes Hannah into punching her by calling Sam a bastard child so she'll have leverage to gain sole custody of her and Big Cat's twin sons if Big Cat marries Hannah.}}
* [[Five -Man Band]]:
** The Hero: Nick
** The Lancer: Eddie
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* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Aubrey.
* [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me]]: Janet, with Eddie.
* [[ItsIt's Always Spring|It's Always Autumn]]: It's perpetually fall in Knights Ridge, MA, except for the one day of winter.
* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Part of why Nick doesn't actively pursue Hannah.
* [[Just Friends]]: Nick and Aubrey try this early in Season 2. It ends with them in bed, and Aubrey saying that Nick just 'friended' her brains out. Nick and Hannah claim to be this as well.
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* [[True Companions]]: Nick, Eddie, Ikey, Owen Rowan and Physical Phil were one in high school, and Nick is trying to rebuild it throughout the run of the show.
* [[Un Canceled]]: And then canceled again. Permanently.
* [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]]: The air band.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Nick gets these on a pretty frequent basis from pretty much every other character about his having left for 10 years and his book bashing all his friends.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Nick and Hannah.
* [[Whos Your Daddy|Who's Your Daddy?]]: The underlying arc of the series in regards to Sam.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: {{spoiler|Alison cheats on Owen with Ikey for feeling neglected. She isn't portrayed as sympathetic, however.}}
 
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