Legacy

During post-civil war, Ned Logan, a wealthy widower, is raising a family all on his own. Ned's streetwise adopted son clashes with his youngest son, Clay, as well as the southern society. Meanwhile, Sean reconsiders his impending engagement to debutante, Vivian Winters.

When Jeremy escorts belle Virginia Griffith to the debutante ball, Alice is heartbroken. Meanwhile, Sean and Clay put the family name on the line when Jeremy remembers that William Winters was responsible for burning down Sean's barn, deepening the feud between the two families.

When Libby's snooty sister, Regine, comes to town, she asks Ned if she can take Alice to Boston with her. Meanwhile, Ned sends Sean, Clay, and Jeremy to Louisville to buy a horse, but they get into trouble when Clay gambles the money away. And Sean has an encounter with a mysterious authoress.

When there's an attempt on Asa's life, thanks to William's banking bungle, the Logans step in to help a terrified Vivian. However, Vivian takes an interest in her ex-fiance's younger brother. Meanwhile, Ned puts together a plan to save the town from financial ruin, and Alice hires a desperate woman who seems to be ruining everything else around the farm.

After her release from a sanitarium, Jeremy's fragile mother, Emma. However her ""cure"", which turns out to be opium, may have left her in an even worse state. Meanwhile, Sean sees his dreams die when his crops begin to mysteriously fail and Clay deals with a bogus businessman and his shady lady friend.

Ned heads up a search party to find Lexy and Emma, whose condition worsens as she withdraws from the opium. Meanwhile, Marita gives Sean a dose of unusual help in curing his dying tobacco crop and while Alice trys to fend off one of Clay's creditors when his horse-selling deal goes sour.