Toma and Claire represent Estelle, accused of killing her partner; they learn that the reality of the case is different; Nadia Ayad defends a kleptomaniac who can't stop stealing, and Idriss wants to reconnect with his daughter.

Nadia and Maxime defend Jeremy, a young man with a criminal record, accused of murdering during a hold-up; having tried to go straight, Jeremy claims innocence but has trouble controlling himself before, Jacques, an underhanded prosecutor.

Idriss defends a friend, Olivier Walter, a hotel owner accused of rape; the case becomes more complicated when other women also accuse his client; Nadia sees an old flame resurface when her help is required in the case of someone caught by customs.

As lawyer appointed to defend Jessica Guilaume, accused of drug trafficking, Maxime crosses the path of Jacques Kowalski; determined to prove his is up to the case, he decides to confront the prosecutor on his own.

Idriss Toma, the Parisian lawyer for the rich and powerful, sees his life turned upside down when he is the victim of an attempted murder; he miraculously survives, but an inoperable shrapnel can now be fatal to him at any time.

Jeanne Vanhoven signs her big return to the assizes, and she defends, with Maxime, David Kerval, a novelist suffering from obsessive compulsive disorders, accused of the murder of his wife.