A aggressive teen is sent to the ranch after he killed some animals during a drunken rage. Michael's question about the type of environment that breeds violence is answered when Shaye is sent to the ranch for viciously attacking a number of zoo animals. Also, Pin helps a girl whose natural beauty has also brought her abuse and pain.  A sexually abused girl learns not to jump to conclusions about new male acquaintances.

Pin, Kevin and Michael try to help Walt, who is drinking himself to death after getting an HIV diagnosis. Pin tries to help Walt, whose HIV-positive diagnosis drives him to excessive drinking. hh  A surprise attack by 2 ranch boys lands Michael in the hospital.

On his first day home, a ranch graduate quickly realizes that to stay clean, he must give up the people closest to him. Jesse deals with several challenges on his first day home from the ranch program, including avoiding his alcoholic mother and drunken friends, all of whom are part of a troubled past he's trying to forget. Michael tries to help a first nations boy deal with being taken from his father.