When Albert Dagan’s (Rob Morrow) affair with Ilene Brennan is discovered by her abusive State Trooper husband, the two family’s lives are forever altered. After narrowly escaping with his life, Dagan now faces 20 years for manslaughter, a reality he refuses to accept. But after a guilty verdict, Dagan’s 15 year-old prodigal guitarist son, Max (Harry Holden White) finds abandonment imminent, sending him evading child services, eventually finding refuge with a struggling musician.

 

Now, 12 years later, Max (Zachary Gordon) and his rock band are riding the wave of early success. But the news of his father’s brain tumor starts the ultimate clock. At the behest of Albert, Max teams up with his estranged uncle (Rob Brownstein) in hopes of securing a compassionate release so his father can live out his remaining time with family. In their way stands the dead trooper’s partner, Dan Clancy (Michael Madsen), who may have ulterior motives for keeping Albert inside, as well as his now-grown daughter, Alaina (Lindsey Dresbach), who has been working tirelessly to ensure her father’s killer remains imprisoned forever.

 

Max must open up old wounds as he searches for compelling evidence he believes could set his father free. In a race against time, two divided families discover they have more in common than they think.