The Hawthorne family has built a pharmaceutical empire from nothing, but behind the gilded gates of their estate lies a web of secrets, rivalries, and desires that threaten to consume them all. When patriarch Silas Hawthorne announces his retirement, his three adult children—Dominic, Seraphina, and Julian—must navigate a treacherous inheritance battle while confronting the taboo attractions they've suppressed for years. Meanwhile, the family's longtime staff and business associates become entangled in increasingly debauched arrangements that blur every line of propriety. Series Tone: Dark, psychologically intense, unapologetically explicit, with escalating intensity across episodes.
Three siblings discover their father's retirement announcement comes with twisted conditions, leading to a wine cellar encounter that changes everything.