At a school for at-risk youth in Illinois, Sarah Kolb rules the hallways. She takes new student Adrianne Reynolds under her wing, showing her the ropes and introducing her to the popular crowd.
When two young mothers meet by accident, they seem destined to become best friends. Jamie Dennis is an aspiring writer who spends hours honing her craft. Anne Camp loves playing with Jamie's children, and she offers to be their babysitter.
When LA native Stephen Eldridge needs a new place to live, he turns to his best friend, Miki McDermott. Stephen and Miki have a lot in common. Both are gay, single, and outgoing, and both come from big, loving families.
Growing up in a small Texas town, Misti Mayo and Christine Smith share everything: clothes, music, even teen pregnancy. Christine is the quiet country girl, Misti the brash hip-hop fan. But a move to the big city introduces them to a new lifestyle.
Butch Pratt and Ed Swiger meet as freshmen at an idyllic college campus in western Pennsylvania. Butch is a product of the steel mills outside Pittsburgh, Ed the scion of a political family in Ohio.
Can we ever escape our past? An organic farmer (Patrick Drum) meets a lumber mill worker (Gary Blanton) in Washington's Olympic Peninsula. They become close friends, and when Gary has to move out of his house, Patrick invites him to share his cabin.
Josh Drucker is a preacher's son with a calling to the ministry. Andrew Robertson a bouncer and construction worker with a taste for motorcycles. Both have dark pasts that they're trying hard to leave behind.
Story of a retired rodeo champion Bob Huber who takes a young, aspiring Cherokee cowboy named Ryan Bryant under his wing. In a ruthless competition between the wily older man and the strong young buck, who will win?