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9 Episodes 2010 - 2010
Episode 1
Sun, Mar 14, 201022 mins
Tess and Alexis are signed to become the faces of the Biatta Intimates lingerie company, but Alexis's modeling career is endangered when she is arrested on charges of participating in a burglary ring.
Episode 2
Sun, Mar 21, 201022 mins
Alexis meets with her lawyers in preparation for the preliminary hearing on the burglary charge against her. At the hearing, after questioning an LAPD detective, Alexis's lawyers move for the charges to be dismissed. The judge denies the motion, meaning that Alexis will have to go to trial. Meanwhile, musician Ryan Cabrera invites Tess to go bowling with him. She is excited about the date, but it doesn't go as she hoped. Also, after receiving a complaint from the homeowners' association about the police and paparazzi presence that the family has attracted, Andrea decides that the family should move to somewhere where they won't be subjected to such attention. Gabby is distraught about the prospect of moving, but Jerry helps her see the move in a more favorable light.
Episode 3
Sun, Mar 28, 201022 mins
The family packs up their possessions and move to a new home in Hollywood. Tess and Alexis get the chance to do a photo shoot with Vernon Davis, tight end for the San Francisco 49ers. After the shoot, they invite him to go to dinner with them. Meanwhile, Gabby asks Jerry and Andrea if she can switch from being home schooled to going to public school, now that they are living in a new place and she wants to meet people her own age. Jerry and Andrea agree to the idea and tell her that she can enroll immediately. Also, Andrea tells Tess that Tess's biological mother is trying to get in touch with her. Tess says that she considers only Andrea her mother and that she is only willing to deal with her biological mother via e-mail.
Episode 4
Sun, Apr 11, 201022 mins
Tess and Alexis install a stripper pole in the house. Later, Gabby tells Andrea that she wants to have a 16th birthday party at home. Tess agrees to organize it and asks Gabby for the names of her favorite DJs so Tess can try to book one of them for the party. When Tess and Alexis discuss the party with Gabby later, though, their description of the plans does not correspond to what Gabby wanted, leaving Gabby distraught. Andrea reminds Tess and Alexis that this is to be Gabby's party, not theirs, and Tess and Alexis agree to throw Gabby the kind of party she wants. All of Gabby's friends from school show up for the party. When the DJ, Paul Oakenfold, arrives at the house, however, he recognizes Alexis as being one of the alleged members of the "bling ring" that broke into his house. Alexis apologizes and says that she had nothing to do with it and that she hadn't even heard of Oakenfold's house being burglarized. Oakenfold stays to DJ the party, but Alexis is in tears over the accusation. Tess helps her pull together, and they blindfold Gabby and take her into the party to surprise her by revealing that Oakenfold is the DJ, which thrills Gabby. Meanwhile, Alexis's lawyer advises her to show a more conservative, humble image in preparation for her trial, and Alexis takes Tess to a nightclub to see the band Wicker so she can set Tess up with Max, the lead singer.
Episode 5
Sun, Apr 18, 201022 mins
A promoter invites Tess and Alexis to host a party for charity in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Gabby wishes she could go too, but her sisters tell her that she wouldn't be able to have a good time there because she's underage. Andrea advises Alexis to check with her lawyer, Jeff, before going. Jeff warns Alexis against going to Mexico, but she and Tess decide to go anyway. When they arrive in Cabo, they do a photo shoot for Cabo Social magazine, and then host the party. The party is a success, and Alexis meets a guy there named Javier, with whom she hits it off immediately. The next day, she and Javier go swimming with dolphins. Tess is somewhat disappointed to be left alone, particularly because Max, the guy she's been dating, isn't returning her calls or text messages. Alexis wants to spend as much time as possible with Javier before they have to go home, but her plans are interrupted when she gets a message to call Jeff, her lawyer. Jeff tells her that photos of her partying in Cabo have been circulating and that she needs to cut short her trip and be in his office the next day. She tells Javier that she has to leave early due to an emergency, and she and Tess leave for home. In the meantime, while Tess and Alexis are in Mexico, Andrea and Jerry take Gabby to a Mexican restaurant, which Gabby finds utterly boring.
Episode 6
Sun, Apr 25, 201022 mins
Alexis tells Tess that she's going to be photographed and interviewed for Vanity Fair magazine and that she'll get to tell her side of the story regarding the burglary charges she is facing. Alexis meets with the writer, Nancy Jo Sales, and afterward believes that Nancy Jo really understood her. When the magazine comes out, Alexis's excitement over being featured in Vanity Fair quickly turns to tears when she realizes how negatively the article portrays her. Alexis meets with her lawyer, Jeff Rubenstein, to find out how she can improve her image. Jeff arranges for her to meet with some at-risk young teenagers to warn them against falling in with a bad crowd. Meanwhile, Tess meets with Max to determine the status of their relationship. They are both still interested in each other, and so they agree to keep seeing each other as they have been. Also, Gabby gets a job at a pet supply and grooming store. She likes earning her own money, even though it also means being exposed to some of the more disgusting aspects of dog grooming.
Episode 7
Sun, May 2, 201022 mins
Andrea confronts Tess and Alexis about all the stress they have been putting her through.
Episode 8
Sun, May 16, 201022 mins
Alexis struggles over whether or not to tell a friend about her alleged involvement in the bling-ring investigation.
Episode 9
Sun, May 23, 201022 mins
Alexis goes to court for another proceeding in her burglary case. She is offered a six-month jail sentence if she pleads guilty, but she says that she refuses to plead guilty to something she didn't do. Meanwhile, Tess is selected for a swimsuit modeling job in Florida. She wants to invite Alexis to come with her, but Andrea says Alexis can't go because of her schedule of legal appointments. Andrea finds a bottle of Xanax near Alexis's purse, and she, Tess, and Gabby try to do an intervention for Alexis to make her realize she has a drug problem. The intervention goes poorly with everyone winding up screaming or crying. Later, Tess and Alexis go to a restaurant where Alexis admits that she's been so stressed by her case that she's been taking Xanax and other medications to get to sleep. Alexis agrees to see Dr. Reef, an addiction specialist, in order to deal with her drug dependency. Later, Gabby sees on the Internet that Orlando Bloom is going to testify against Alexis for burglarizing his house. Alexis despairs that nobody is going to believe her over a major celebrity like Bloom. On the day of the trial, Alexis pleads "no contest" in order to take a plea bargain. She is sentenced to 180 days in jail and three years of probation. Alexis is not required to report to jail until June 24, and so she returns home where the whole family embraces each other.