A terminally ill young woman meets a ranch resident who rekindles her zest for life. Micheal helps a teen runaway cope with the fact that she is dying. Meanwhile, Vic falls for a nurse. Eleanor is called a "pimp" after her and Fox's plan to earn money for the ranch is revealed.

The tables are turned when Michael is badly injured in a car wreck and desperately tries to break through to a schizophrenic teen. A ranch kid is dead and a severely injured Michael must rely on a schizophrenic boy to save his life.

A teen finally gets his life in order only to have it fall apart again after a drug-related accident that severely burns him and kills his father.