Pilot.

The show revolves around Alice De Raey, a young criminal lawyer thrown into a justice system bursting at the seams. She encounters an endless procession of characters-ranging from the truly desperate to the wonderfully bizarre. Alice, with a good-natured openness that cloaks a tenacious, committed spirit, finds herself on a journey that constantly tests her patience and compassion.

Alice defends a bipolar woman, a man caught in a battle between feuding lovers, an illiterate man, and a Jamaican man with one leg.

Elliot hires a private investigator to help with his case; Alice juggles two clients, one charged with assault and the other suspiciously eager to go to prison.

Alice defends a man on trial for assaulting his son and an Eastern European immigrant who is being tormented by former acquaintances.

Alice defends a housekeeper who is working illegally and a man charged with harassing a girl who does not know that he exists.

Elliot defends an exotic dancer charged with soliciting sex; Alice represents a woman accused of trying to push a passerby onto the subway tracks.

Elliot defends a woman charged with forcing her ex-girlfriend to work as a prostitute; Alice represents a man charged with assaulting his wife's husband.

Alice represents a woman charged with assaulting her grandmother; Elliot defends a woman who lifts men for the purpose of gauging their reaction to strong females; James acts for a client accused of trying to rob a homeless man.

Elliot loses his composure; Alice gets in the middle of a dispute between family members about their divergent approaches to parenting; Mr. Jackson throws himself on the mercy of Judge Malone.

A reverend deals drugs; a mother uses her kids as decoys to shoplift; a woman sets fire to her own home.

A woman phones a bomb threat into Union Station; two men play the race card against each other; a man hates his daughter for being gay.

Brothers confess to the same crime; woman steals a baby she thought was her own; a bad job reference leads to a violent assault.

A psychic wreaks havoc in the courthouse; a woman assaults a man.