Razor-sharp, meticulous attorney Margaret Wright hires her talented but scruffy, aimless son, Todd, as her law firm's in-house investigator.

Working on two seemingly-unrelated cases, Margaret and Todd discover a key piece of information in the details of Todd's humorously-boring civil case that could help Margaret's high-profile client.

When Todd reunites with a childhood friend with a checkered past, he convinces Margaret to represent him in a minor legal case.

Margaret and Todd work to bring justice to an Olympic athlete who lost his leg in a plane crash resulting from a defective aircraft.

While Margaret is interviewing to become a member of an elite preservation society, she stands up for a mistreated employee. When that same employee is arrested, Margaret and Todd offer their services to defend her.

Margaret and Francey enlist the help of a popular true crime podcaster to help exonerate a client.

Todd tries to convince his brother, Lawrence, to come home. Margaret's family helps her crack a case involving an injured bank teller and robbery; families are reunited, and everyone in her family goes to Margaret's for Thankgiving

When Lyle's niece is accused of committing a crime on her college campus, Lyle enlists Margaret and Todd to vindicate her.

Margaret asks Todd for help on a seemingly straightforward wrongful termination case over a dating app, but with Todd's investigation, they quickly realize it's much more complicated; tensions between Margaret and Gus simmer.

When Margaret finds herself on the verge of losing a prominent case involving the murder of an investigative journalist, Todd seeks help from an unlikely source -- his imprisoned ex-girlfriend Veronica.

Margaret comes up with a creative defense to prove her client's innocence in an attempted murder charge. Allison gets in trouble and reaches out to Todd to help her. Todd goes all out and takes an experimental drug to find evidence

Margaret and Todd come to the aid of the governor's wayward sister, and that makes Todd's brother nervous.

When Todd agrees to help Susan's fiancé locate a missing employee, he stumbles into a case Margaret agreed to co-council with Gus.

Todd gets caught up in a scheme orchestrated by Veronica, his former partner, which might potentially land him in prison on a felony charge.

When a juror at Susan's first solo trial dies in the box, one of the other jurors, a former local beauty queen, is charged with her murder. Margaret and Todd search for the truth.

Margaret helps a client who lost his mother during a routine surgery at Allison's hospital; Margaret and Gus go on their first date; Todd is asked by the firm to investigate Gus.

Margaret has to deal with a bomb threat in the office, that is connected to the case of a death row inmate who is scheduled for execution later that day.

Margaret represents Lauren, Susan's good friend, in a hostile work environment lawsuit after she quits her job at a Michelin-starred restaurant; when Todd gets sick, Margaret must go under cover as a dishwasher in a fancy restaurant.

Allison's husband, Chuck, is implicated in a kickback scheme from a lottery at the hockey arena that he manages. Lyle has a crush on a woman hired to investigate Chuck's finances.

When Margaret is too sick to work on the final day of an important negotiation, Todd must step in and impersonate a lawyer while Margaret uses her investigative skills; Margaret and Gus share their first kiss.