Season 1・Based on Stephen L. Carter's best-selling novel, EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK is set in the worlds of politics, Ivy League academia, and the beaches of Martha's Vineyard. Talcott Garland is a professor whose quiet life is shattered when his father, Judge Oliver Garland, dies of an apparent heart attack. The nature of his death is questioned by Tal's sister who believes that the judge met with foul play.