Gerry Scotti and Barry Feldman are living the good life in Los Angeles. Gerry is a high-powered defense attorney, Barry his brilliant paralegal. They become best friends, each complementing the other's strengths and weaknesses. But there's a dark side to their work, defending drug dealers and other accused criminals. And Barry has a problem, a gambling addiction that already landed him in jail. As the stakes get higher, one of them will do anything to avoid losing it all.