Alex feels that her boss, Jesse, is giving her too many cases to prosecute that are beneath her, such as that of an 85-year-old man who attacked a grocer, even though there are a number of murder cases that he could have assigned to her. Meanwhile, her friends pressure her into placing a personal ad to try to get some romance into her life.

Alex cancels her date with Mark so that she can convince a witness to testify in the murder case she is working on.

After a series of assaults occur in her building, Alex suspects her landlord.