A judge's son, David, also a judge, has been having an affair with Allison Porter, the daughter of a media mogul, since she was 13. On her 18th birthday she announces to David that she is going public.
Jesse faces being fired and losing his State license because he is blamed for the death of a professional basketball star who took a lethal mixture of medications.
A seemingly healthy model, Julia Brush (Signy Coleman), drops dead, and her condition may be related to plastic surgery. The clinic that did her work is investigated.
Special Agent Ron Wagner declares he's taking over the investigation of the plane-crash and its hijack and smuggled Russian nuclear fuel rods for the FBI.
Jesse gets involved in a deadly web of international intrigue when he discovers his father is a secret agent being hunted, and it's soon discovered that an old case may hold the clues to catching the culprit.
Sloan blames a crime lord for Steve getting hurt in a shoot-out, only to be accused of slaying the mobster. Sloan is also sentenced to death and gets to see whats it like on the other side.
A pair of talk-show hosts pull a ratings stunt that ends with one murdering the other. But Sloan quickly discovers someone may have set them up and discovers the cutthroat business of daytime talk shows gives him quite a few suspects.
Sloan's investigation of a speedway crash that killed a stock-car racer takes a bizarre turn when the autopsy reveals he was dead before the crash even happened, leading him to believe the crash was a cover up.
Security guard Ryan Matthews (Gary Graham) shows up to identify the body of his murdered ex-wife, but it's not her. Little does the hospital know that Matthews is being blackmailed by a con artist who is holding her hostage.