Chance McKenzie (Sam Elliott) comes back to the The Yellow Rose ranch but tension arises when a murder occurs in a late night drug smuggle.

As John Strongheart is being questioned in connection to the murder of Duncan Kilmore, Chance and Roy tries to get some answers out of a guy named Sanchez.

When Roy gets ambushed, he sets out on his own, while Colleen finds out just how close Chance and her dead ex-husband was.

Whit finally expresses his true feelings towards Grace. Lenny Hollister and Sanchez send the Champions an unusual gift.

After spotting stashed drugs on The Yellow Rose Ranch an anticipated pursuit follows.

After Jeb Hollister undermines the Champions potential transaction for trucks to haul their cattle, they must find another way to get the job done.

Quisto Champion meets with Jeb Hollister to make a peace agreement. Juliette Hollister shows up to cover the cattle drive.

Jeb Hollister continues to stop the cattle drive by any means necessary. Whit is told something that he can't believe.

Whit Champion takes to the road to find Grace while at the same time he his being hunted by the law.

As The Yellow Rose clan go to lengths to free Whit's name Juliette is having doubts about her relationship with Roy.

After Chance finds two dead cows on the ranch, it leads to Jeb Hollister making a contractual proposal to the Champions, with one caveat.

Chance plots a breakout for a friend at the prison rodeo after learning all parole hearings have been frozen due to a prison guard stabbing. While a prisoner, Lenny Hollister comes up with a plot of his own.

After Chance helps his friend Toat Gilmore escape from prison during the prison rodeo, Warden Garrett gives Roy a 24 hour deadline to get Toat back.

Colleen comes across a pregnant woman running from gun smuggling border patrolmen. Chance and Roy chase after kids who steals L.C.'s Locket, which leads to a much bigger scheme.

After L.C. disappears at the racetrack, Chance takes to the streets to find out what people know.

After numerous altercations with a white stallion, Roy comes to the conclusion he's got to get rid of it.

Chance finds himself in a shootout while Roy, Whit, Luther, Colleen and an immigrant family go up against a construction crew.

Roy gets worried when his brother comes home asking for $350,000 and then Whit starts looking up to him.

Feeling guilty, Quisto decides to join a work camp to expose the inhumane habits it does.

When Luther gets shot L.C. sits bedside reading him his favorite book, while Coryell takes it personal and seeks out the one who did it.

When the Champions hire a new cook, L.C. learns that's not all she is.

An old foe of Chance McKenzie from prison shows up and starts making everybody's life hell.