An academic psychologist puts his theories on teenage behavior into practice after his book becomes a best seller. Michael Terry, a psychologist who starts up a wilderness ranch in the picturesque Rocky Mountains to help teenagers in trouble with the law.
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.
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.
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.
