After leaving prison, Marius takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his cellmate, Pete. He moves in with Pete's long-estranged, unsuspecting family and is roped into the family's bail bond business. He's a criminal taking down other criminals and, in the process, he'll discover the family life he's never had.
As business flags, tensions rise between Pete's grandparents, Otto and Audrey. Marius proposes a risky play to help Julia manage a dangerous client, but when they encounter problems, the "cousins" must rely on Audrey's expertise. While evading a mysterious pursuer, Marius visits former partners Katie and Karolina in NYC and remembers how three years ago, he made a powerful enemy of Vince.
Marius' exacting parole officer insists that he come into the city for a mandatory appointment. To get there on time, Marius must fend off Pete's curious cousins Julia, Taylor, and Carly, an increasingly suspicious Audrey, and a terrifying ambush. Meanwhile, Eddie becomes desperate in captivity, Vince's lieutenant Winslow hunts for Marius, and a reluctant Katie helps Marius cover his tracks.
Lured by the promise of a big payday in the bail bonds office's safe, Marius tries to work the angles with Pete's family. However, he finds it more difficult than he expected to manipulate Taylor, who harbors both a vicious temper and a dangerous secret of his own. Back in the city, Vince struggles with a difficult client at the poker table and takes his frustrations out on his crew.
Audrey and Otto argue over Audrey's unilateral decisions, the fallout from which may cost them their business. In the process of helping Otto investigate one of his nagging suspicions, Marius makes a major discovery about Audrey's finances. Meanwhile, Carly quizzes her mysterious cousin about his past, Julia rekindles her relationship with her ex Lance, and Vince has a new job for Eddie.
When a dangerous client's case goes to court, Bernhardt Bail Bonds struggles to recover the money he put up as collateral. Fearing retaliation if they can't come up with the money, Otto visits old friends on the local reservation, and Marius recruits younger talent to help. An outside source leads Carly to unearth a major secret about Pete, and Julia must decide whether she can trust Lance again.
As they struggle to save the family business, Audrey strategizes with Marius, while Otto insists on doing things his way. Confronted by Carly's discoveries, Marius pays visits to both his old mentor and his former cellmate to backstop his identity as Pete. Taylor gathers evidence about the incident that left him suspended from the force, and Winslow follows Marius' trail to Katie and her family.
After discovering that Audrey risked BBB's future on a fraudulent investment, Marius convinces her, a reluctant Julia, and a team of his old compatriots to con back the money from the person who ripped her off. Unbeknownst to Audrey and Marius, Otto unilaterally enacts a perilous plan to save the business. Meanwhile, Katie and Brendon hold a NYC detective bound and gagged in their basement.
When Otto's solo plan ends with a dead man on the floor of the bail bonds office, Otto, Marius, and Lance are left at the mercy of BBB's dangerous client Dockery, who wants his collateral money back- and no more excuses. Marius finds himself in the hands of two unlikely saviors. Meanwhile, Vince comes up with a new plan to catch a cheater at his table, and Taylor shoulders new responsibilities.
With all of the pieces in place, Marius sits down at Vince's poker table to make his final moves. Everything is going according to plan, until Vince becomes suspicious that he's seen this play before. When Audrey finds herself at the scene of a bloody crime, she must go against her instincts and trust her family to help her manage the situation. Julia embarks on a dangerous quest to save Lance.
Marius sees an opportunity when he is seized by two mercenaries searching for Pete's mother Maggie and the eleven million dollars she stole from their employer. Meanwhile, Audrey and Otto deal with the fallout from Winslow's death, and Julia struggles to keep her promise to Dockery.
Marius and Marjorie take on the prison system in an attempt to free Pete. Taylor meets a talented NYPD detective who has come to Connecticut to investigate Winslow's death, while Audrey tries to conceal her connection to the crime. Otto and Sam do a favor for Irish Moe.
Marius tries to contain the newly emancipated Pete and pump him for information on Maggie. Frank and Joe tighten their grip on family surveillance. A formidable associate of the dead hit man appears, wanting to know what happened to his disappeared colleague. Carly investigates further into Marius Josipovic. Taylor struggles to keep Roby and Carly away from the truth of the Winslow case.
After sending Pete on a fool's errand, Marius leads Frank and Joe to Maggie's suspected hideaway in the psychic town of Rosedale. Taylor and Roby head back to the scene of the crime. Otto becomes hostage to the hitman's associate. Julia works a lead to find Lance and force him to cooperate in a plan to help her launder money.
Eluded by Maggie and under threat of being taken to Luka, Marius desperately tries to evade Frank and Joe. Just as Julia discovers the solution to her money problem, she finds herself in deeper trouble. A new development in the Winslow investigation starts to turn Roby in Audrey's direction. Carly seeks a connection to her parents and gets more than she bargained for.
Maggie's return to the Bernhardt homestead leads to family tensions resurfacing. As Marius tries to pry the location of the money from Maggie, they are grabbed by FBI agents. Taylor and Shannon's relationship begins to drift, just as he sparks a connection with Roby. Frustrated by their inability to find his money, Luka shows Frank and Joe that he's not playing games.
The location of the money revealed, Marius makes a bold move to snatch it all for himself, but Maggie and Luka are not so easily fooled. Taylor makes plans to frame the hitman for Winslow's murder. Carly turns to Maggie in search of an otherworldly connection to her parents. Julia's new bondee proves more challenging than anticipated. Otto and Sam find that their Colin troubles are far from over.
Jealous of Marius' relationship with the family, Pete threatens to implode the heist unless he is granted a special request. Otto and Sam retrieve the Proclamation, but discover the larger threat Colin poses to Julia. Julia, Taylor, Otto, Carly, and Audrey disclose the urgency of their troubles to each other, and Audrey's suspicions about Maggie and Marius come to an ugly head.
After Marius' "Roosevelt Buffalo" plan works too well, the heist's fate is left in Pete's hands. Carly and Audrey investigate Marius and Maggie's motives for returning to the family. Julia enlists the aid of Otto, Sam, and - much to her chagrin - Lance in protecting Valerie from Colin. Taylor takes the final steps to frame the hitman for Winslow's death, and hopefully save Audrey.
Marius' plan implodes as it becomes clear he was wrong about the money's location, and must now face Luka's wrath. Julia, Valerie, Otto, and Sam square off with Colin and Ayawamat at the storage facility. Audrey discovers the danger of Luka and rushes to protect the family. Taylor settles accounts with Roby and Shannon. Maggie gives Carly new information about what happened to her parents.
Marius returns to the farm in hopes of finding a deeper connection with the Bernhardt's but his past soon catches up and tempts him back to the con life. Julia finds herself holding a big secret while serious legal issues put her life and the family business in jeopardy.
Marius falls back in with a dangerous con woman named Lizzie. Fired by Audrey, Julia searches for new employment. Audrey and Otto scramble to save their business. Carly's continued probing about her parents death has emotional ramifications for the Bernhardt family.
Marius must split focus from his con with Lizzie in order to help Julia with a con of her own. Otto enlists Taylor to aid in helping a friend named Lorraine rescue her daughter. Carly uncovers a family secret that leads her out to California and Audrey closer to a painful past she had once left behind.
Marius and Julia travel to Vermont to enlist a reluctant art forger out of retirement. Taylor is suspended from the police force and seeks solace with Lorraine. In California, Audrey must face her estranged father as she agrees to help Carly find the truth about Lila.
Marius and Julia's con takes them out to California. Audrey and Carly follow multiple leads in their search for answers about Lila's whereabouts. Lizzie entangles herself in the Bernhardt family business as a way to keep Marius under her control.
Audrey enlists Marius' help in the search for Lila. They soon discover that her life was far more complicated than they had ever expected. Simmering conflict over Lorraine comes out into the open as Otto and Taylor set out on a cross-country road trip to track down Lizzie.
In the wake of nearly connecting with Lila, the family struggles to come to terms with the idea that she may in fact be alive and in serious danger. Audrey and Otto become unwitting participants in both of Marius' cons.
Julia gets kidnapped and Marius must determine his loyalties as he struggles to keep both cons in motion. The family must figure out a plan to save Julia but they soon realize the situation is more complicated and dangerous than they expected.
Marius must overcome a change in Lizzie's allegiance and maintain the trust of the Bernhardt's. As Taylor and Otto work in earnest to rescue Julia, they find a way to overcome their disagreements. Secrets are revealed, and the family may finally learn the truth about Lila.
Marius and the Bernhardt's take part in a con to free Julia. Marius and Lizzie square off as Julia's life hangs in the balance.
Bryan Cranston (Executive Producer), Giovanni Ribisi (Marius) and Margo Martindale (Audrey) recap Season 1 of Sneaky Pete.
