Plot Synopsis

When police officer Allison McLean arrests her brother, his two teens teeter on the brink of foster home care. When she takes them in, it dramatically changes her life -- and her family's. TIES THAT BIND, the first original scripted series for UP, revolves around Allison, a tough and experienced police detective in suburban Seattle. Like most working women, her hands are already full, balancing a demanding and dangerous job and a family -- husband Matt and teenagers Jeff and Rachel. But when she and her partner, Devin, arrest her brother, Tim, for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as Tim is convicted and sent to prison leaving his two teenagers Cameron and Mariah teetering on the brink of foster care. Having done the right thing as an officer of the law, Allison now feels compelled to do the right thing as a sister and aunt; she brings Tim's two very unhappy teens into her home. Squeezing four teenagers under one roof proves to be an additional test of Allison's strength and patience -- but it won't be easy for her husband, her children or Tim's kids either. In addition to following Allison at work as she and her partner investigate local crimes, this hybrid police procedural and family drama series also focuses on the joys and struggles of the teens as they adjust to their new home, their new high school, make new friends and experience love, romance, anger and jealousy.