Liberal Chief Deputy District Attorney Camille Paris clashes with her boss, conservative, African-American newly elected District Attorney Lora Gibson over how best to handle a drug trafficking case.
Though Camille and Lora are at odds over budget cuts, they're united in going after a surgeon whose malpractice led to a colleague's death. Meanwhile, Anita tries to expose a car-crash-fraud con.
As Camille goes after a professional Lothario who may be killing wealthy women, Lora tries to prevent the political assassination launched against an old friend. Also, Camille turns to a dating service to meet new men.
As Camille and Lora struggle to decide whether to go for the death penalty in a murder case involving a drug dealer and DNA evidence, Michael and Anita clash on a case in which a mother uses an extreme form of discipline on her daughter.
In deliberating over the case of a celebrity caught soliciting, Lora struggles to balance her own ideals with the greater good. Camille seeks to prosecute an alleged child abuser until she learns of the motivations of the child's vindictive mother.
Camille looks into the suspicious death of a whistle-blower about to expose a cover-up at chemical plant whose female employees have serious health problems. When she encounters a young girl trapped in gang life, Lora must decide whether to maintain her no-tolerance approach to crime.
Camille suspects the judge on one of her cases may be attracted to the defendant's wife and is basing his decisions on that. Also, Lora and Michael clash when she refuses to back off on a "three strikes" case in which a woman faces life imprisonment for holding drugs belonging to someone else.
Jennifer tracks down an internet baby broker who may be cheating hopeful parents out of their money and hopes. Meanwhile, Camille investigates an accidental homicide committed by the suicidal daughter of a very successful attorney who's also a longtime associate of Lora's.
As Camille investigates whether her missing sister has stolen her identity, she and Lora look into the suspicious deaths of patients at a hospital.
While a member of Anita's family learns she has breast cancer, Lora and Camille look into a female jockey's rape.
Camille tries to reason with a convicted felon who's taken all the occupants of the district court hostage.
The trial of a murdering child molester causes hostility between Camille and Michael. Erica's continued use of drugs threatens her custody of her son.
Camille covers for Lora as she recovers from an injury.
Questions abound when a woman dies at an exorcism.
Camille and Lora have to deal with the person responsible for leaving an infant in a dumpster.
A student's death leads to a sorority coming under scrutiny.
After an altercation with a bouncer, an actress drives over him and other patrons outside a club.
Season Finale. Camille contends with an unwanted admirer. Lora's daughter is taken hostage in her car by an escaping criminal.