Whenever she gets into trouble, she will use Ryan or Ross as ascapegoat. She is also a practicinggold digger. She is an overachiever: she covets success and frequently achieves it. The series follows the dysfunctional Malloy family ofLos Angeles, California : deadbeat father Jack (Geoff Pierson ); toxic and narcissistic mother Jennifer (Stephanie Hodge ); underachieving and seemingly dim-witted eldest son Ryan (Kevin Connolly ); academically gifted, but rarely taken seriously because she looks like a model daughter Tiffany (Nikki Cox ); and "forgotten" son Ross (Justin Berfield ).