 This series began on an episode of WHO S THE BOSS. In the episode, Charlie, an old friend of BOSS regular, Samantha played by Alyssa Milano, was visiting her. It was eventually revealed that her mother had disowned her, and it turns out that another BOSS regular, Angela, had an old friend, Trish Carlin, visiting her. Trish is a modelling agent, who specializes in teenagers. And unlike other agents who works their models and doesn t care about them beyond that, Trish makes sure that they continue their education. So, she offers Charlie a job and lets her her stay at her house, along with four other girls. Also living there is her son. Charlie feeling a little hostile towards the discipline that Trish is enforcing on her, acts up, every now and then. But in the end realizes that Trish only wants what s best fopr her. Eventually, Michael Learned who plays Trish was replaced, in the story, Trish was off on a business trip, so her sister played by Marion Ross was looking after her house, her son, and the girls.