Ben quer ter um filho, mas sua mulher Flo não pode engravidar. Um agente lhes apresenta um curioso e rebelde menino de sete anos que foi devolvido trinta vezes ao orfanato devido ao seu caráter incorrigível.
Ron Kovic é um rapaz idealista e cheio de sonhos, que deixa a namorada e a família para ir lutar no Vietnã. Já na guerra, ele é ferido e fica paraplégico. Ao voltar aos Estados Unidos é recebido como herói, mas logo se vê confrontando com a realidade do preconceito aos deficientes físicos, mesmo aqueles considerados heróis de guerra. Ron decide então se juntar a outros para lutar pelos seus direitos, agora negados pelo país que os enviara para a guerra.
Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois and Harvey. Rick, meanwhile, is sunny and charismatic. But appearances can be deceiving, as their families learn when the teens begin a romance. Upset about Lonnie's influence on Rick, his parents forbid the pair to see each other -- with tragic consequences.
Newlyweds Helen and Paul go to a backwoods cabin on vacation. When Paul goes back to the car for some cigarettes he's not given a chance to ponder the carcinogenic ramifications as an axe blade makes the point moot. Panic stricken, Helen runs into the woods, only to find Odie Pickett as her only savior. He takes her back to his place, where pregnant wife Emmy, thick-as-a-brick son Bo, and available-since-she-was-twelve daughter Sarah, do their best to give her a "family" welcome. While Helen's immediate danger is somewhat delayed, her newfound shelter begins showing some signs of danger as well.
In this exciting western, cowpoke Texas John Slaughter rides out for revenge against the man who killed his friend. He heads for Sandoval, a notorious outlaw lair. Horses gallop, guns blaze, and mayhem ensues.
A young, sweet girl from the country moves to Los Angeles with her mother and meets a young man who she thinks is just perfect. That is until she gets pregnant and he's on his way to jail.
