A self-styled monster-hunter rescues Ruby (Mia Kirshner), in her wolfen form, from poachers. But he's not acting out of altruism: He plans to videotape her transformation back into human form and release it on the Internet. Elsewhere in the town, Sophia Donner (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is on the brink of the Changing, which will either kill her or empower her. Meanwhile, Sheriff Donnner (Tim Matheson)clashes with John Kanin (Lou Diamond Phillips), who discovers a vital clue to Ruby's whereabouts and to the identity of the person responsible for her sudden disappearance from his life months earlier.