The show is about a small-town clinic in Cutter, Texas. The three doctors who run the clinic (Jim Metzler, Shelley Hack and Alec Baldwin) and sometimes find themselves embroiled in the politics of the town's life, work well together. Their contrasting outlooks on life, their assignments and the people and town of Cutter are shown in this series. The three doctors have their skills tested when an oil rig explodes and they encounter suspicious town-people.