出身“崖城”孟菲斯律政世家的杰出律师西德妮·斯特雷特（Sydney Strait, 凯特琳·麦吉 饰），数年前与父亲伊莱哲（Elijah, 吉米·斯密茨 饰）交恶后离开其知名律所另谋高就，两人几无来往直至投身慈善事业的母亲意外过世。痛失爱妻的伊莱哲试图与女儿重修旧好，恳请西德妮重返律所，于她而言这也是当下最可能推动实际变革的选项……如果他俩还能合得来的话。

Already on opposite sides of Michael Hewes's custody suit against his mother, Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) prepare to face off in court after a cyber-hacker's revelations about insider trading expose damaging personal information that push an informant over the edge.