When he is arrested for vagrancy, David 'Brendan' is sent to a work camp in Jensen County where he becomes Prisoner #1124. While in the work camp, David witnesses corruption in the prison system by the prison warden and can't work on exposing him with Jack McGee nearby.

While working with a rodeo in Gaston, Texas as a medic, David 'Benton' learns that the show's biggest star Jake White is performing with an illness that could cost him his life.