A New York attorney gets an inside tip about a billionaire's insider trading, and although the case could make his career, his wife has ties to the billionaire.

Axe takes measures to gird the company against the investigation; Wendy must prove her loyalty; Chuck's probe is temporarily derailed; Hall develops a mole; Axe makes an aggressive move.

Chuck learns that a rival has made inroads in the Axe case; Axe makes an activist play for a family-owned bakery corporation.

Axe meets a woman who makes him face the limits of his freedom; one of Axe's important holdings is attacked; Chuck learns the inner workings of Axe Capital.

Axe orders his traders to unload, then disappears from Axe Capital; Wags and Wendy try to maintain morale; Chuck intensifies his investigation, and finds a key witness.

Axe plans a scorched-earth defense against the public attack on his company; Chuck's interrogation does not go as planned; Wendy tries to facilitate a deal that hinges on a meeting between Axe and Chuck.