Impressive opener of a series involving life in a state legislature, where voting is done by buttons and all talk revolves around the passage of a bill. Tonight, an earnest minority leader is forced to investigate a respected leader. The plot has its dramatic moments, but the main interest lies in the workings of the state body itself.

Representative Slattery (Richard Crenna) goes to the aid of an ex-GI (Tommy Sands) who had defected to the Viet Cong in Vietnam. A resident of Slattery's district, the shattered youth returns home to find that he is no longer a citizen.

Joan Blackman has a secret that may destroy her father's life. Slattery persuades an educator to stand for reappointment as state board of education president despite the threat of a smear.