After witnessing his father's suicide a year early, a boy moves with his mother and new stepfather to Palm Springs. Having developed both drug and attitude problems since the suicide, his parents think its time for a change of sceniery. Once there, he quickly learns the ins and outs of small town life from his next door neighbor. But when he finds a mysterious girl running in the sprinklers on the golf course behind his home he learns that not everything is as it seems. Meanwhile, two neighbors fight over property lines, as one's daughter develops a crush on the new boy.