For those choosing to live a life of solitude, there's always work to be done. Whether it's protecting your home from intruders or preparing for Mother Nature's worst, every day presents a new challenge to tackle. In Arkansas, as trespassers come close to Joe Ray's home below the grid, he sets up a homemade security system to protect his solitary way of life. Meanwhile, high above the grid in Washington, Doc and Jeanny Leverett expand their elevated home to avoid bears encroaching on the woods around their tree house. In Idaho's Clearwater Mountains, Bear Claw must make a tough journey back to the edge of civilization. Traveling through a steep, dense forest, he heads closer to the grid, to receive an important message from the outside world. And in Michigan, outside the grid, an impending cold front forces Dan Burton to prepare Garden Island's emergency shelters before temperatures drop.