Beginning a new life, Jesse Page finds himself completing a final test of loyalty. Jesse is released from prison after serving time for second degree manslaughter. Determined to follow a road more civilized, he meets up with his former cellmate, Larry Storey, who has promised to help Jesse get set up in Los Angeles. Reunited, the two friends revel in the openness of being "on the outside." Larry provides Jesse with transportation and a space to crash in the house he shares with a seedy tribe of urban rogues.