The comedy, which occurs in a false desert town near the U.S.-Mexico boundary, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald along with Ernesto Gonzales. A married father of three, bud, is now a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened. Living nearby is father of four, who's pleased to be making it, an industrious Mexican immigrant and Ernesto. Their own families become bound by friendship, love and battle Since Bud and Ernesto's avenues start to cross.