In the series' first episode, a woman's downward spiral due to heroin addiction is changed for the better when she encounters a madman on a bus; Also, a man falsely accused of murder spends ten years in jail before DNA evidence frees him.
An Iraqi veteran's future aspirations and career are changed due to a debilitating injury; A car crash causing a young wife to have amnesia leads to a vow renewal for a struggling couple.
Sixteen-year-old Crystal Woodman reassesses her life after narrowly surviving the Columbine High School shooting; Brooks Douglass, a victim of a deadly home invasion, uses the power of forgiveness to change his life for the better.
During the Iraq war, an Iraq woman works as a translator. Though distrustful of America, an Iraq bombing causes her to view America in a new light; A courtroom attack forces attorney Shari Karney to confront a horrible truth about her past.
A mother finds the strength to travel to Lebanon to rescue her two children who have been kidnapped and taken there by her ex-husband; A drug addict's desperate cry for help begins his transformation into a successful businessman.