Newton's Law

At a hearing for an alleged pyromaniac, consulting solicitor Josephine Newton runs into her old friend Lewis, who offers her a new job at a high-powered firm. A catastrophic event forces Josephine to consider his offer, but she worries about leaving behind her former clients turned colleagues, Helena and Johnny.

Josephine is livid when her daughter, Lydia, is arrested for criminal damage at an environmental protest organized by Lydia’s father, Callum. Meanwhile, Josephine represents a transgender teen undergoing hormone treatment against her parents’ wishes.

Josephine and Lewis defend a woman accused of murdering her personal trainer after the fitness studio denied her request to break her contract. Insurance investigator Skye visits Helena’s downstairs office in need of a lawyer for her father, but Helena is afraid to take the case to court.

When a bomb threat causes a stampede at a furniture store that injures a customer, Josephine and Lewis defend the store’s CEO. Office cleaner Zareb requests Helena’s legal assistance after being charged with resisting arrest, but Helena is distracted by calls from her estranged husband.

Helena recommends a restorative-justice approach to a friend of Johnny’s to mitigate his assault charges. As the firm’s secretary, Jackie, tries to get Josephine in trouble for her involvement with Chatterjee’s downstairs office, Josephine defends her boss, who is embroiled in a custody battle for the family dog.

An elderly hospital volunteer accused of kidnapping a Syrian asylum seeker demands Josephine take her high-profile case. Callum comes to Josephine with a co-parenting issue but later needs her and Lewis’s legal help combating an assault charge.