Based on the best-selling novel by Joyce Barkhouse, the popular TV series Pit Pony is set in the Nova Scotia mining community of Cape Breton in the early 20th century. The series is told from the viewpoint of Willie MacLean (Alex Wrethell), youngest member of the sprawling MacLean family of miners. Taking the wonders of the "new age" in stride, Willie also manfully copes with the deprivations of his hardscrabble existence, trying to look on the bright side of life even as his community is burdened with grinding poverty, fatal mine accidents, and the ever-burgeoning hostility between the workers and the mine owners. As in Season One, Willie seeks out advice and consul from his brother-in-law Ned Hall (Shaun Smyth), the feisty, quick-tempered husband of Willie's oldest sister Nellie (Jennie Raymond). Also on hand to help Willie navigate life's highway is his surrogate father Charley (Denny Doherty)