Maya Shulman and Alex Rubin's suburban life is disrupted by the wild behaviors of their adopted son, Max. After Max begins exhibiting strange, feral tendencies, Maya becomes determined to understand her son's origins. Her quest leads the couple on a transformative cross-country journey from New Jersey to Montana to find Max's birth parents. Through the rugged American landscape, Maya not only seeks answers about Max's genetic inheritance but also confronts her own suppressed wildness. As they encounter the truths of their son's past, both Maya and Alex must grapple with the deeper questions of what it means to belong and the profound mysteries of family inheritance.