雷蒙德·巴隆是纽约一家体育报社的记者他与妻子戴博拉四岁的女儿艾利以及一对两岁的双胞胎迈克和杰夫里一起住在纽约长岛一栋宽敞漂亮的房子里雷蒙德在工作上取得的优异成就和宽容风趣的性格让他成为家人的骄傲以及所有人爱戴的对象；贤妻良母型的全职母亲戴博拉的精心经营更让这个年轻的五口之家成为美国三好家庭的文明典范……
Lindsay gets suspicious when Rebecca seems to be secretly awaiting an important letter and realizes just how much she was right when the letter finally arrives Ellenor gets a hysterical call from a client, who ran over a man in the street while drunk, and is shocked to discover exactly who he hit Hellen prosecutes two boys accused of rape and murder, each accusing the other, and ends up making a deal with the wrong one
女律师Christine向往正义她发现一个蹲了11年监狱的死刑犯很可能是被冤枉的于是决定查明真相而地区检察官Adam相信着世上没有绝对的对错司法原本就是个灰色地带二人将在剧中展开什么样的对抗
