Susan Essex (Katey Sagal), trusts her daughter, Justine (Charlotte Ross), explicitly when she swears she knows nothing about the murder of her new friend, Vicky Gilmore (Kimberly Hooper), amid accusations that Vicky and Justine had a violent confrontation at Justine's house the night of the homicide. To prove her daughter's innocence, Susan conducts her own investigation into the murder, little suspecting what she will find.