The team works tirelessly to prove a landlord's culpability after a building collapse leaves multiple people dead and injured. The case takes a shocking turn after someone close to the team is arrested for misconduct involving the jury.
After achieving success in her younger years, a brilliant septuagenarian, Madeline Matlock re-joins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanour and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.