Michael Terry is a best selling writer/therapist who is tired of his high profile life. He decides to take a couple of days off and go to his ranch. That is when he comes up with the idea to use it as a place for troubled teens. The teens would live on the ranch, do all sorts of chores, and learn the value of honesty and friendship.
A pregnant runaway is brought to the ranch to avoid going to a youth center until her parents are found, an old girlfriend and a cougar killing livestock complicate Michael's life.
An city teen brought to to the ranch after assaulting a undercover cop tries to make a deal with dealers after taken valuable cargo from a crashed plane.
The son of Michael's old friend becomes involved in devil worship.
Michael is suspicious when a habitual runaway becomes secretive. Jason, a recent addition to Michael's troubled teens group, sneaks into the city and brings his brother Benjie covertly back to the ranch. Meanwhile, Pin, working his usual corner, is robbed at gunpoint by two kids. Pin's life is in danger after he turns in one of the punks that robbed him.
Reed decides the ranch would be a suitable safe house for murder witness. A reporter arrives while Michael protects a government witness. Fox tries to straighten out a thief.
A teen prostitute claims rape after Michael rejects her advances. Michael refuses to heed warnings from his friends and colleagues about a prostitute staying at the ranch, now he's being accused of rape. A philanthropist is interested in the ranch, but not the kids.
In a quest to obtain some funding, a social service worker arrives at the ranch to evaluate Michael and the staff but things go from bad to worse as he starts to disapprove of Michael's methods.. A ranch graduate has trouble letting go of Michael and the ranch.
Michael believes in a young pimp who takes up boxing and is then is accused of beating one of his former prostitutes.. Vic and CC have a dispute.
The son of the local doctor falls for a drug addict. A mayoral candidate's campaign promise is to shut down the ranch. And, a tragedy reminds Michael that he can't save everyone.
Michael helps a Vietnamese shopkeeper and his nephew, who is arrested for battling a gang of extortionists.. CC tells a few fibs to impress a special lady.
Believing himself to be a soldier, an armed teen lures Michael and Vic into the forest. A battered wife finds it hard to leave her husband.
Witnessing the death and secret burial of a friend, traumatizes a teen girl. Vic takes a job working for his uncle, but "Chicken Man" isn't in his future.
A former ranch youth is arrested for robbing his place of work. The ranch prepares for a wedding.
A hooded burglar steals files from Rachel's home. She takes refuge at the ranch while Michael tracks down her tormentor. A teen girl's good intentions are having negative results.
A runaway claims amnesia, but Michael must find what he is really hiding. A vengeful man holds Reid hostage in hopes of getting his girl friend freed from custody.
Michael forces a drug dealer to learn the hard way, the consequences of his actions. A teen girl reveals that it was a family member who turned her on to coke.
The son of a racist father learns the truth when he must trust an Asian teen. Michael isn't thrilled with having an intern social worker "observing" at the ranch.
Michael is caught between his vivacious girlfriend and her rebellious daughter. Michael's stress level is a bit higher than usual as he tries to deal with a ranch kid's pushy Mother, while also dating her.
Michael learns a violent stepfather is behind a teen's angry behavior.
Pin offers to drive for a drunken girl, then learns the car is stolen.
A paraplegic teen uses his computer skills to break into a horse betting system, which brings danger to the ranch.
Michael, Pin and Vic uncover an illegal toxic dump and a sick child. When Michael takes a sick little girl to the Doctor, an angry armed father comes to the ranch looking for her.
A gang member unwittingly helps a rape victim remember her attacker. An armed rape victim heads back to where she was attacked to take out her anger on anyone who crosses her path.
A missing country singer takes refuge at the ranch after Michael discovers he's wanted by a loan shark. Loan sharks seek the son of a missing country singer.
Michael clashes with his new administrator (Barbara Tyson) over his bookkeeping, with the way he handles the kids. and seeks the trust of a former gang leader.
A friend's death prompts Pin to join an outreach center. Michael and Eleanor deal with a teen who is a date rape victim and won't accept that she's pregnant.
Michael is at risk of losing the ranch after Vic is charged with the attempted murder of a ranch kid. Michael hears varied stories when trying to exonerate Vic of the attempted murder.
Michael is the one who needs help when ranch pressures and the suicide of a close friend cause Michael to start drinking again.
Michael discovers his ex-wife's nephew is being abused by his new stepfather.
To help a girl who is using drugs and alcohol as a way of coping with a reoccurring nightmare, Michael has everyone at the ranch recall their dreams.
A teen and his friends see themselves akin to the superhero group in a comic; but use violence to environmental destruction of the valley.
Reid denies that his daughter is anorexic. Recently promoted Eleanor may have to leave the ranch.
Michael and Pin try to save a crack addict-informant, who wants to leave the streets, but the cop who controls him won't allow it. Michael and Pin race to protect a policeman's snitch who has disappeared from the ranch.
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.
Michael breaks his own rules by giving money to help out a ranch kid, only to discover the money was spent on drugs. Pin tries to help a heroin addict by getting her busted. Pin must take drastic and unpleasant measures to help a girl with a severe heroin addiction. Michael is faced with the same dilemma when he tries to help a former ranch kid whose repeated attempts at making it in society are dismal failures.
Walt, Pin and Kevin work to reconnect a Mother with her runaway prostitute daughter. It's parents day at the ranch, which comes with it's own set of challenges. Walt is attacked by someone he was trying to help, and that'll change his life forever. Siblings are divided on dealing with Parents' Day. Meanwhile, Pin and Walt search the streets for runaways.
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.
Police aren't the only ones who suspect a young white supremacistranch resident at the ranch, of murdering a black youth. A Black detective tries to prove to some youth, that he still cares about the hood.
A broken down car and a need to stay warm has Michael and Eleanor getting closer, in more ways than one. Michael and Eleanor acknowledge their mutual attraction. Meanwhile, a stalker attracted to Eleanor spooks the ranch residents.
A surprise pregnancy has a young man freaking out. Michael counsels the father-to-be. Sometime the "helpers" need help as Michael and Reid discover when Rachel suffers a burnout.
A woman and her young son flee after news their abuser has been released from prison. Rachel tries to help a woman escape a violent husband. Meanwhile, an untrustworthy resident claims there's a gun on the ranch. Everyone is under suspicion after accusations are made that one of the ranch kids has a gun.
Michael is called when police suspect a former ranch resident, (who was a victim of sexual abuse) in the disappearance of two girls, one of whom may die before she is found.
Filling in for Michael on a radio talk show, Eleanor clashes with a child psychologist while defending the ranch program. Michael and a fashionable child psychologist are booked for a talk show where sparks are supposed to fly, since each is passionate about his own approach to behavioral treatment. But when Eleanor must fill in for Michael, there's contention instead.
Michael brings a girl fleeing her former gang to the ranch Eleanor dreams of the old west, "Neon Rider" style.
Two brothers escape from an abusive rural home and head for the big city. Kevin, Pin and Michael try to convince a "new" prostitute (Rosey) to leave the streets and come to the ranch.
Everyone is shocked when Eleanor is arrested for attacking a ranch boy, but unbeknownst to them, he had raped her. Eleanor unsuccessfully tries to block out memories of being raped.
Walt and Amanda set up a job interview for a prostitute who's going straight, but things go bad quickly when he ends up being an old "John". Walt has feelings for Amanda, but he's afraid his HIV means the end for them. Walt's fears about his HIV status leads Amanda to assume that he's rejecting her because she's in a wheelchair. A young driver suffers guilt from an accident that killed his brother, now the horse he was caring for may have to be put down after a riding accident.
Pin learns he may have an 11 year old son, who gets arrested on a murder charge. The ranch prepares for a fund-raising celebrity ballgame.
Trouble is the order of the day when one ranch graduate dies, another is kidnapped and someone threatens to slit Kevin's throat. Elsewhere, Michael puts himself in harm's way to find out who's peddling uncut heroin and making porno films with underage starlets. Michael is deeply affected when a ranch graduate dies. Kevin is stabbed for refusing to give up a girls location, but when they find and abduct her, Michael holds little hope the police will help, and he puts his own life in serious danger to rescue her.
The ranch prepares to hold a wedding for a former ranch kid. Michael's dream resembles a 1940s movie.
"Rosey" is back and not doing so well. After the guys at 11-17 get her busted and released, an unwell Walt spends the night with her while she detoxes, and he himself becomes sicker. Michael gets a tempting offer to move and expand the ranch program so he could help 10 times the kids.
Walt's life hangs in the balance after having multiple heart attacks and fighting pneumonia. Rose is getting her life back in order, or is she? Will Michael sell the ranch and take the new job offer? Will Eleanor and Michael have a real romance?
When word spreads that a young man staying at the ranch has performed some "miracles", chaos ensues. An apparent miracle worker attracts devotion from a deeply troubled girl.
Vic coaxes a young seclusive projectionist out to the ranch, but when he develops feeling for a ranch girl, his life becomes a roller-coaster ride. Tbe young projectionist has movie-inspired fantasies about the ranch girl.
Michael has to deal with multiple couples arguing when it's discovered that they were all promised custody of the same baby, by a pregnant con artist staying at the ranch.
Vic feels mystically connected to an Indian youth. Meanwhile, Danny has a crush on Justine.
The recent death of Eleanor's Father compels her to help reconnect a man and his estranged daughter. The ranch Christmas fund disappears.
A search-and-rescue mission goes awry, leaving Michael, Eleanor, Vic, Walt and Nicole stranded in a cabin when a severe storm hits. Each person has their own exaggerated version of how the group ended up snowbound in an abandoned cabin.
Michael gets stage fright when a reporter comes to the ranch, but the kids are more than happy to share their stories. Some of the best scenes are recalled when Michael gets interviewed by a TV reporter. FINAL EPISODE
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