Picking up where the mini-series left off, Molly finds herself trying to carve out a new life as a single mother raising her daughter Jaden in the middle of the dysfunctional world surrounding the film industry.

[1] In regard to the show's cancellation, Debra Messing, during a conference in 2012, told reporters: "We were finishing the first season right when the economy collapsed."

She added, "We were the most expensive show the network had ever had...I heard rumors about we doing half the original budget ($1 million per episode), but that couldn't work because it was about the brand, and that luxurious world.

Each episode includes two or more fantasy sequences, featuring Molly as the lead character in a well-known, generally big box-office film.

In the fantasy Molly swears off men in the manner of Elizabeth I declaring herself married to England at the film's end.