Senior Michael Tulli the third, "Trey," the popular quarterback at a suburban Los Angeles high school, grapples with the recent death of his mother and the trauma of witnessing his two best friends being killed by gang members. His father, Michael Tulli the second, a prominent Hollywood writer, also painfully mourns the loss of his wife. To help them both heal, Michael takes Trey to the far suburbs of Cleveland, where he grew up, to reconnect with family generations and immerse them in a nurturing environment filled with family values. During their visit, Michael reflects deeply on his childhood and relives the memories and one particularly traumatic experience, the summer he and his friends discovered Big Creek. Events perpetrated by a jealous, scheming, unscrupulous boy had. tested his values. But his father's and true friends' support pulled him through it. The journey to reunite with generations of the Tulli family fosters a renewed sense of faith, hope, love, and healing in both father and son.