Matt and Toni are happily married and doing well now, but before they ever met, each of them as individuals became trapped in the devil's playground where their lives nearly ended before they ever even met. This first episode begins with Matt's story.

Matt had a decent home life as a child, even with his dad being in a wheelchair and his mom working two jobs to try and pay the bills. But when his dad died the family began to fall apart, and when Red Phosphorous Meth entered the picture, everything began to disintegrate all around him, and he couldn't see any farther than getting the next hit. The Devil hooked him from the very first "hit" and Matt had no idea of the tailspin his life was about to take.