Judge Moran strives to stay calm when a juror holds the courtroom at gunpoint.

A newly-appointed judge, Kim Vicidomini , faces her busy first days on the job, in which includes criticism from a judge who believes Kim was selected because of politics,and not by her merit.Then Kim takes over a bizarre case .

Judge Moran may have to dismiss charges against a mob hit man when the only thing that would put him in prison is the testimony from a confidential informant, and a TV star tries to prevent a former lover from selling a pornographic video tape of him.

Rose and Jack fight over a court case involving a death of a little girl who has falling 17 stories because of her mother's negligence. A woman trys to sue her plastic surgeon for malpractice after undergoing five surgeries to enhance her breasts, even though she gave consent for him to do the surgeries and is beautiful. Carmen is attracted to a hot maintenance man who comes to the courthouse to fix the heating problem they have been having.

An ex-convict in a psychiatric hospital goes to Jack complaining that he has been committed to the hospital, not because of his mental health, but so that his former warden can keep an eye on him. Kim presides over a case involving a childhood idol on trial.