An activist lawyer jeopardizes the future of Marcie's musically gifted teen client in the name of “the greater good.” Doug's defence of a lawyer accused of defrauding his community of millions dredges up his past at the Eskasoni reserve. Marcie and Carson struggle to keep their jobs from coming between them.

Marcie defends trans woman, Tanya Ianova, when she is charged in a seafood stealing scheme masterminded by her boss, but the efforts to clear Tanya's name may lead to her deportation.

Marcie represents a sexual assault victim in a human rights case after the police botch the investigation. Velma, Avery, and Rev. Cliff Crawley, work together to right a 20-year-old wrong.

The firm's case against a nun accused of abuse at Indian day schools unearths tragic elements of Doug's past; conflict sparks between Marcie and the Clawfords over the death of a migrant worker.