After the death of his father in a helicopter crash, idealistic lawyer Nick George (Peter Krause) is convinced to take over his role as family attorney for the impossibly wealthy Darling dynasty: industrialist Tripp (Sutherland) and his socialite wife Letitia (Jill Clayburgh), plus their children Patrick (William Baldwin), Brian (Glenn Fitzgerald), Karen (Natalie Zea) and Jeremy (Seth Gabel.) Nick's efforts to uncover the truth about his father's death play second fiddle to his job as all-purpose fixer for the Darlings, whose little difficulties include keeping politician Patrick's transgendered mistress under wraps, four-time divorcee Karen's ill-advised engagement to her father's most dangerous enemy and Letitia's upcoming trial-for the murder of Nick's father. The Second and Final Season of the juiciest hour-long drama on TV heats up as ruthless prosecutor Nola Lyons (Lucy Liu) hounds Letitia in and out of the courtroom, and scheming businessman Simon Elder (Blair Underwood) hatches a scheme that threatens to destroy Darling Enterprises.