Folksy and a serious attitude are what makes crack trauma surgeon Buck James pulsate. Doctor James, crack surgeon, heads the elite trauma unit of an elite Texas hospital and runs a farmstead he has where he is seen hanging out with his ranch hands and son in his off-hours.
Buck tries to save the life of a youth whose parents won’t allow treatment for religious reasons.
A pilot bails out of a poorly designed plane, and evidence points to a cover-up by the manufacturer.