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.

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, an old girlfriend and a cow-killing cougar complicate Michael's life.

An inner-city teen tries to make a deal with cocaine taken from a crashed plane.

Michael's old friends son becomes involved in the worship of Satan.

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 reporter arrives while Michael protects a government witness.

A teen prostitute claims rape after Michael rejects her advances.

A social-service evaluator disapproves of Michael's methods.

A young pimp takes up boxing, then is accused of beating one of his former prostitutes.

The son of a local doctor falls for a girl addicted to cocaine.

The nephew of a Vietnamese shopkeeper is arrested for battling a gang of extortionists.

Believing himself a soldier, an armed teen lures Michael and Vic into the forest.

Witnessing the death and secret burial of a friend traumatizes a girl.

One of Michael's former charges is arrested for a warehouse robbery.

A hooded burglar steals files from Rachel's home.

Michael questions a runaway's claims of amnesia; a vengeful man holds Reid hostage.

Michael forces a drug dealer to accept responsibility for his actions.

A racist teen foments hatred against an Asian youth.

Michael is caught between his vivacious girlfriend and her rebellious daughter.

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.

Michael, Pin and Vic uncover an illegal toxic dump and a sick child.

A gang member unwittingly helps a rape victim remember her attacker.

Loan sharks seek the son of a missing country singer.

Michael clashes with an administrator (Barbara Tyson) over his bookkeeping and seeks the trust of a former gang leader.

A friend's death prompts Pin to join an outreach center. Michael and Eleanor counsel a teen pregnant by date rape.

Michael hears varied stories when trying to exonerate Vic of the attempted murder of a ranch resident.

Michael resumes drinking after a friend's suicide and ranch pressures.

Michael discovers his ex-wife's nephew is being abused by his new stepfather.

To help a girl turning to drugs and alcohol to ward off recurring nightmares, everyone at the ranch recalls their dreams.

A teen plans violence to combat environmental destruction of the valley.

Reid learns his daughter is anorexic. Meanwhile, Eleanor might have to leave the ranch.

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. Meanwhile, Vic falls for a nurse.

The tables are turned when Michael is badly injured in a car wreck and desperately tries to break through to a schizophrenic teen.

In a drug-related accident, a teen is severely burned and his father is killed.

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.

Siblings are divided on dealing with Parents' Day. Meanwhile, Pin and Walt search the streets for runaways.

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.

Michael is brutally attacked by two kids at the ranch. Elsewhere, Pin tries to help Walt, whose HIV-positive diagnosis drives him to excessive drinking.

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.

Police suspect a young white supremacist at the ranch may have murdered a black youth.

Michael and Eleanor acknowledge their mutual attraction. Meanwhile, a stalker attracted to Eleanor spooks the ranch residents.

Michael counsels a young father-to-be. Also, Reid copes with Rachel's burnout.

An untrustworthy resident claims there's a gun on the ranch. Meanwhile, Rachel tries to help a woman escape a violent husband.

Police suspect a victim of sexual abuse in the disappearance of two girls, one of whom may die before she is found.

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. Meanwhile, Eleanor dreams of the Old West.

Two brothers escape from an abusive rural home and head for the city.

Eleanor unsuccessfully tries to block out memories of being raped.

Walt's fears about his HIV status leads Amanda to assume that he's rejecting her because she's in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Michael helps a boy consumed with guilt about the death of his brother.

The ranch hands take to the field for a celebrity fund-raising softball game. Meanwhile, Pin receives unsettling news that he might be the father of a troubled young boy.

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.

The ranch prepares for a wedding, and Michael's dreams resemble a 1940s movie.

Walt nurses Rose through drug withdrawal. Also, Michael gets a tempting offer.

Walt gets pneumonia. Meanwhile, Michael must sell the ranch.

An apparent miracle worker attracts devotion from a deeply troubled girl.

A young projectionist has movie-inspired fantasies about a ranch girl.

A pregnant con artist promises her child to several couples.

Vic feels mystically connected to an Indian youth. Meanwhile, Danny has a crush on Justine.

The ranch's Christmas fund disappears. Meanwhile, Eleanor helps a man find his daughter.

A search-and-rescue mission goes awry, leaving Michael, Eleanor, Vic, Walt and Nicole stranded in a cabin when a severe storm hits.

Michael gets stage fright when a reporter comes to the ranch, but the kids are more than happy to share their stories.