Alex's current case is a retrial of Lane Tillman, a mob boss, who is defended by Tony Seville, who was Alex's lover years ago.

The next morning Tony is found dead at Alex's beside and she is arrested for suspicion of murder. She reveals to Walker that Tony came to her last night with evidence that would turn the case around before she passed out. Her father Gordon Cahill returns to defend her in court.

Alex is put in a womens prison where the convicts want to get revenge against her for putting them in there, but she is saved by a woman named Alfre Grimes who was put in because of a mistake. Meanwhile Walker and Trivette learn from Tony's sister, Mollie, that he had falling out with Tillman, and with Gordon's help they suspect Tillman is behind the murder - because if the prosecuting attorney is having an affair with the defense attorney and the defense attorney ends up dead then Lane Tillman would go free because there would be no second trial.

Then Mollie gets a letter from Tony and

Tony et Alex entretiennent une relation que cette dernière ne supporte plus. En effet, sous l'emprise de la drogue, Tony n'avait pas hésité à abuser d'elle, quelques années auparavant...

Alex-nek különösen nehéz ügyben kell képviselnie a vádat. Lane Tillman, a vádlott ezúttal két legyet szeretne ütni egy csapásra, meg akar szabadulni Tony-tól, az ügyvédjétől, és a vádat képviselő Alex-től is. Alex börtönbe kerül, s helyzete kilátástalannak tűnik…