A young girls with an overly protective father takes her first timid steps at rebellion. She goes out with a local hoodlum and winds up custody after he holds up a liquor store and gets shot. Her father, livid with her behaviour believes that leaving her in prison will teach her a lesson. The psychiatrist looking after her learns that she is terribly claustrophobic and the show explores the source of this fear, and the family dynamics that led to it.