When a dead body shows up in Midnight Blues the casino, run by Big Shirley Duncan, her brother Floyd and her son Marquis, all hell breaks loose when his brother Jean puts out a $100K reward for information.

As the city enjoys the Midnight Blues' annual masquerade ball, the night's events create romances that cross dangerous lines between families, and Jean LeBlanc gets some disturbing news.

Skunk reveals the truth to Jean about his brother Pierre; the Duncans and LeBlancs are finally headed for a showdown; Big Shirley meets a man from a past she thought she had all but erased.

The walls close in on the Duncans as their past choices begin to haunt them in the most unexpected ways, while present-day choices could have crushing consequences.

Marie and Curtis must make a big decision as Jean is released from prison, Prince considers a dangerous revelation, and Gabriel pursues a different route to Shirley's heart.

Jean shows everyone that he's playing chess, not checkers, as he finally makes moves to own a piece of Midnight Blues.

Malicious secrets are revealed as Big Shirley, Marquis and the Duncan clan get dragged further into a brutal power struggle between the city's most dangerous people on both sides of the law.