After losing her job, big-city television journalist Kelly Faraday, played by Laura Leighton, returns to her hometown in Nevada. There, a harsh drought threatens to compel her elderly mother, Ruth, portrayed by Angie Dickinson, to sell their family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth work through past conflicts, Kelly and her former boyfriend, Walt, played by David Lee Smith, start to suspect that the casino is tampering with the town’s water resources. This drama is directed by Stephen Bridgewater.