17-year old Danny (Rick Schroder) has behavioral problems stemming from troubles at home. His parents are divorced and his father (Richard Jenkins) is getting remarried soon. After his mother finds him with drugs, she puts him in a psychiatric hospital for teens, where his counselor discovers that a his poor relationship with his father has been causing Danny to act out. Discovering the root of the problem isn`t enough to keep Danny from teetering over the edge, though, and it will take help from his father to pull him back from the brink.