Bull and the team worry about jury bias when Bull mounts a murder trial defence for a Black Lives Matter activist.
Bull mounts the defence of an old college friend who is charged with negligent homicide after his youngest child kills his eldest with his handgun.
Flashbacks to 12 years earlier reveal how Bull's attempt to get a new trial for a wrongly convicted prisoner inspired him to work in trial science.
The team must track down a mysterious female assassin responsible for murders in Athens, Rome and London; Wade's son begs her to allow him to go on a police ride-along for an article he's writing on a youth outreach program.
Saul and the detained employees are imprisoned, Carrie and Franny are with Maggie's family, and President Keane's administration faces scrutiny.