Jessica wakes in the hospital to find she has lost her right leg below the knee in a bus accident.

Fiona visits Jessica in the hospital and reveals that their teammate Lucy died in the crash.

Jessica passes her physical therapy test and is discharged from the hospital to go home.

Jessica's father discovers she has been taking extra pain pills and cuts off her prescription.

Jessica returns to school in a wheelchair and sees a large welcome-back banner hung by her teammates.

Fiona surprises Jessica with a lunchtime party where Coach Kyro and the entire track team welcome her back.

Jessica is assigned to sit next to Rosa in math class and the two girls begin passing notes.

Coach Kyro announces the track team is launching a fundraising campaign to buy Jessica a running prosthetic.

Prosthetist Hank fits Jessica with her first temporary walking prosthetic and she takes her first steps.

Jessica stands at the roadside during the car wash with her prosthetic exposed, drawing donations from strangers.

Coach Kyro announces at a team meeting that the full $20,000 has been raised for Jessica's running leg.

The track team surprises Jessica at the movie theater with a party and presents her with the running prosthetic.

Jessica learns to run on her specialized prosthetic and begins returning to daily training sessions.

Gavin breaks up with Merryl, tells Jessica she inspires him, and kisses her.

Jessica pushes Rosa in a wheelchair across the finish line of the ten-mile River Run race.

After losing her leg in a bus accident, Jessica Carlisle wakes in the hospital facing a shattered identity and an uncertain future. Back home, her father cuts off her pain medication before a difficult addiction can take hold, forcing her to face her recovery without a chemical crutch. An emotional return to school reconnects her with her track family, and Coach Kyro launches a fundraising campaign to buy her a specialized running prosthetic. With each milestone — her first prosthetic steps, the car wash fundraiser, and the full $20,000 raised — Jessica inches closer to the life she thought was gone forever. A surprise party at the movie theater delivers her running leg, and with it the chance to run again, fall for Gavin, and train for something bigger than herself. She crosses the River Run finish line pushing Rosa in a wheelchair, proving that perseverance and community can rebuild a life from nothing.

The headline moments of Jessica's journey from amputation to running again.

Jessica replays her record-setting 400-meter race against rival Vanessa Steele — the last race she ever ran.

Jessica falls while trying to walk to the hospital bathroom on crutches and breaks down crying.

Fiona asks to see Jessica's leg and turns pale when Jessica pulls back the covers to reveal the stump.

Jessica suffers painful withdrawal symptoms at home after her father takes away her pain medication.

Jessica discovers her mother crying alone at the kitchen table over a family photo album.

Sherlock wakes Jessica at his usual run time each morning, and the reminder leaves her in tears.

Fiona takes Jessica out to Angelo's restaurant for her first public outing since the accident.

Jessica's mother explains that the family's health insurance lapsed and her father is working long hours to cover the bills.

Prosthetist Hank wraps Jessica's stump in wet plaster to make a cast for building her socket.

Vanessa Steele's mother approaches Jessica in the bleachers at the track meet and sincerely apologizes.

Gavin's newspaper article praising Jessica's determination appears in the local paper alongside donation information.

Coach Kyro reveals an anonymous donor has pledged to match every dollar the team raises toward the goal.

A television news crew films a feature story about Jessica's team fundraiser and her family's financial struggles.

Jessica visits Lucy Sanders' grave to apologize and unexpectedly encounters Lucy's grieving mother.

Strict math teacher Ms. Rucker surprises Jessica and Rosa at the River Run start line wearing a Team Rosa shirt.

Before the accident, Jessica was a record-setting champion whose final race against Vanessa Steele defined her at her peak — making the loss that followed all the more devastating. In the hospital she falls trying to walk on her own, shows Fiona the reality of her stump, and learns the full weight of her family's financial crisis when she discovers they have no health insurance. At home, painful withdrawal and the sight of her mother quietly crying force Jessica to begin caring for others even while still broken herself. As her story spreads through a newspaper article, a TV feature, and an anonymous donation pledge, the community rallies in ways her father never expected. An encounter with Vanessa Steele's apologetic mother and a visit to Lucy's grave deepen Jessica's emotional growth, while Ms. Rucker's surprise appearance at the River Run start line closes the story with an unexpected act of warmth.

The setbacks, struggles, and supporting moments behind Jessica's recovery.

Jessica recalls her very first race in third grade — the moment running became her entire identity.

Gavin Vance calls Jessica in the hospital to ask if he can interview her for the school paper.

Jessica is struck by agonizing phantom pains in her missing leg, terrifying her with their unpredictability.

Fiona describes Lucy's funeral and Jessica realizes she envies Lucy for being at peace and free of pain.

Jessica hops upstairs alone and manages to shower for the first time, surprising her mother and herself.

Seeing her exhausted mother, Jessica understands it is her turn to take the baton and run her leg of the relay.

Sitting next to Rosa, Jessica learns that Rosa will never be able to walk independently and feels something shift inside her.

Jessica meets Chloe at the prosthetist's office and is stunned to discover that Chloe herself has a prosthetic leg.

Rosa reveals that she lives nearby and used to watch Jessica and Sherlock run past her house every morning.

Coach Kyro shows Jessica videos of amputee runners on specialized prosthetics and asks if she wants a running leg.

Jessica overhears her father tell her mother that raising $20,000 through bake sales is a cruel pipe dream.

Jessica confronts Vanessa Steele at the track officials and realizes with a jolt that she no longer feels part of the team.

Rosa tells Jessica that the finish line and the starting line are the same line, reshaping how Jessica sees her future.

Jessica asks Coach Kyro to help her train to push Rosa in the River Run and he agrees, building a full plan.

Coach Kyro secretly times Jessica sprinting a 400-meter and reveals she ran it in sixty-two seconds without effort.

From the third-grade race that made running her entire identity, Jessica's sense of self was inseparable from her legs — which is why losing one felt like losing everything. Small but shattering turning points pile up early: phantom pains that arrive without warning, the realization that she envies Lucy for being dead, and the shock of first showering alone proving she is more capable than she knew. Her friendship with Rosa quietly reshapes her — learning that Rosa will never walk independently changes what Jessica thinks it means to be unlucky, and Rosa's revelation that she watched Jessica run past her house every morning deepens the bond. Coach Kyro's videos of amputee runners ignite a new dream, while overheard doubts from her father and a confrontation with Vanessa test her resolve. Rosa's philosophy that the finish line and starting line are the same unlocks Jessica's path forward, confirmed when Coach Kyro secretly times her running a near-effortless 400-meter.