Shaken after a not-guilty verdict frees his client to go out and commit the same crime again, Sebastian Stark takes a job with the district attorney's office.

The mayor counts on Sebastian to convict the blue-blooded, drug-dealing killer of an undercover narcotics detective and to redeem himself with the LAPD.

Stark takes on the challenging case of a prominent surgeon who stands accused of murdering his wife, but there is no body or apparent motive. Also, Stark finds himself having to explain his relationship choices to his daughter.

A couple is shot to death in a Malibu beach house, which they rented from a private investigator who knows dirty secrets about almost everyone in Hollywood, including Stark.

A players code of silence frustrates Sebastian when he tries to prosecute a college quarterback and two teammates for the gang-rape of a student.

Sebastian's team prosecutes a major fashion corporation on behalf of victims of a fatal fire in sweatshop; Julie feels the weight of her guilt for having cheated on a paper.