It is 1932 and clashes are coming. While Carson is beginning a new life up at the Big House, Joe's unacceptable choice of a love interest will lead Dakota to an ambush on a deserted road. Max, also will be drawn into a conflict of an old score to settle when the telephone call comes that he has been dreading, and also longing for. He will move into a relationship that no one wants for him, not even Max himself. The McKennas and the country as a whole is in the middle of what will be known as the Great Depression. But their lives refuse to stand still, and they refuse to give up on each other.