- After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy & Emmy Award Winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.
- 他们是等待法庭判决的被告,这是他们的故事。同性恋异装癖的特雷西(Tracie)遭受着无数白眼和嘲讽,当他以为自己最终找到真爱时,却没有想到男友杀死妻子后骗他协助沉尸,特雷西也因此被怀疑参与了谋杀;单身母亲莫(Mo)因不肯向黑帮屈服,结果她的儿子遭黑帮威胁杀了好友独子,为了保护儿子,她忍受着良心谴责试图全家搬离, 但最终难逃法网;17岁的斯蒂芬(Stephen)正经历丧母之痛,他的父亲已经与曾照料母亲的护士同居,在他眼中恶毒的后妈想尽办法要除掉自己和弟弟,于是他将利刃捅向了对方身体;斯蒂芬在狱中自杀,作为看护的蒂娜(Tina)原本想帮同事隐瞒,但她最终还是揭露了真相,而为了避免斯蒂芬的悲剧重演,蒂娜私自放走了转到自己监狱的杰克(Jake),她也因为协助犯人逃跑而成为被告。