A Detective and an ADA meet in a courtroom. The deaf ADA finds that he can "sign". A pairing ensues. When they meet at The D.A.'s office both have doubts that this will work. Thus begins their journey as unlikely partners.
Dicky is assigned the job of protecting a mobster's mistress to ensure her testimony. Meanwhile Tess prosecutes a doctor who injured a man while driving under the influence of amphetamines.
Detective Cobb intercedes in the life of a friend m, an angry and despondent cop whose marriage is crumbling. Meanwhile Tess becomes the advocate for a disturbed young deaf woman she encounters at a mental health facility.