The Enterprise crew becomes embroiled in a local power struggle on a tribal planet.
Convinced that "life has passed him by," John Walton leaves home for an adventure.
Kung fu and karate confront each other in a full-dress showdown as Caine (DAVID CARRADINE), the man of peace, teaches a girl in a crisis in her life that there is no peace without self-respect.
Shackled to a brute of a man thirsting for his enemies' blood, Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) probes the cause of his hatred and leaves him transformed in the wilderness.
Caine (DAVID CARRADINE) goes manhunting to teach a little girl (JODIE FOSTER) the importance and fragility of human integrity and to heal the wound in her soul after she has saved him from the gallows at the cost of her sense of innocence.