Our little tale takes place in the City of Angels, as subtly indicated by the choppy editing of the first eight seconds of the program (bikinis, palm trees, Venice Beach). Skip Ross is a nineteen-year-old law-school graduate trying to find a position in a law firm. Unfortunately, due to his tender age, there is nothing but rejection for this little whippersnapper. There is a silver lining for Skip, though: he caddies for Grant Cooper, a down-on-his-luck attorney who mostly handles insurance cases. Grant needs brainy Skip's help in writing a brief, and offers him a chance to do some courtroom lawyering. Their case is that of a Marc Jacobs-clad street urchin named Paradise accused of murdering a drug dealer. She was found holding the murder weapon and has confessed the murder to Grant, but tells Skip that she didn't commit the murder. However, she insists on taking the heat, apparently for her boyfriend. Grant is ready to let Paradise be lost, but Skip insists that they go to trial and save her. Because there are apparently only like four people working in the LAPD, the judge presiding hates Grant and the detective involved in the investigation of Paradise has known Grant for years. The bad detective fills Skip in on Grant's past (attempted uncovering of police brutality, orchestrated ruin of his reputation by LAPD, relegation to lame insurance cases referred by bad detective). Paradise insists that she wants to take the fall for the crime, even though her boyfriend has moved on without her. After Skip sees some pictures of Paradise and her sister, as well as a piece of the prosecution's evidence (a denim jacket), he concludes that Paradise's sister was the murderer. Paradise admits that her sister killed the drug dealer because he was trying to force himself on her; however, she refuses to let her sister take the blame. Grant presents the final argument for the defense, stating that though Skip had no luck at all in proving who committed the murder, he had firmly established reasonable doubt. The jury agrees. The judge, however, reveals that Paradise was on probation, and lying to a jury is in serious violation of that probation. She gets ten years in prison. Suspended. Weekly reports to probation through her lawyers. Looks like Paradise is here to stay, as is Grant and Skip's working relationship.