When a group home for adults with Down syndrome opens in a quiet neighborhood, a bitter older woman, who cares more for her prize roses than for her fellow humans, mounts a campaign to close it down.
A disgruntled horse owner causes problems for Ty and Amy's business. Jack offers to teach Luke to ride a horse, and Lisa is regretting the decision to let Tim stay at Heartland.
Amy is hired to gentle one of the wild horses, but his temperament may prove impossible to work with. Meanwhile, Georgie is dragged to a university open house by Peter and ends up face to face with Wyatt after months apart.
A home for unwed mothers is endangered when a sensationalist reporter uncovers a secret about the past of the woman who runs the home, and a teenage boy must come to terms with the fact that he's a father.
Jonathan and Mark are substitute teachers in a high school where a lesson on true friendship is underscored by Jonathan's assigning an ostracized overweight girl to tutor a brash baseball star in danger of flunking out of school.
Tom, a high school history teacher, is faced with raising two young sons after his wife leaves him. Maggie, a fellow teacher, tries to provide comfort and support. Gradually, they grow to need and depend on each other.
When Olivia Lockhart (Andie MacDowell) is given the opportunity for a federal judgeship, she must face the challenging decision, and while tempting, she risks losing her new romance and leaving the town and people she loves most.
