Sam Corneile, a drifter, returns home to take a job at a local mental institution where he discovers a group of patients being exploited under an art therapy regimen. While there, he falls for Helen, a feisty but troubled female who dares him to confront his past.
Sam and Naomi have it out at a cheap hotel where she tells him he'll never change his ways. Back at Farmhouse, Sam and Jerome have a bonding moment. Jerome warns him about Helen and Sam seems to know his boundaries, but later, when the two are alone in the courtyard Helen turns on the charm. Sam has a rough time in a bar when some of his old ways come back to bite him.