Susan and Mike have split up (he may have accidentally killed someone, which led to their separation), and they have joint custody of their son, M.J. (short for Maynard, thank God). Susan met the new man in her life, Jackson Hart (played by Queer as Folk's Gale Harold, who is a delicious addition to the show), when she hired him to paint her house. But she and Mike have not signed their divorce papers yet--and Jackson, of course, has a secret of his own.